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Glossopsitta porphyrocephala (purple-crowned lorikeet)

Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae

Taxonomy
Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus was named by Dietrichsen (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Glossopsitta porphyrocephala by Baird (1991) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus Dietrichsen
1991Glossopsitta porphyrocephala Baird p. 271
2017Glossopsitta porphyrocephala Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderPsittaciformesWagler 1830
familyPsittaculidaeVigors 1825
genusGlossopsittaBonaparte 1854
speciesporphyrocephala(Dietrichsen 1837)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Glossopsitta porphyrocephala Dietrichsen 1837 [purple-crowned lorikeet]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available