Arini G. R. Gray 1840

Tribe ARINI G.R. Gray, 1840 (1825)

Small-medium to large, usually acutely medium- to long-tailed variably coloured parrots with feathered or naked cere, and which are sexually monomorphic; temporal fossa well and deeply defined, and strongly muscled; auditory meatus open and square-shaped; orbital ring completely or almost completely ossified by extension of prefrontal (except Anodorhynchus); furcula present; M. ambiens usually present; uropygial gland well-developed; head-preening direct, by foot under wing. NOTE: Leptosittaca, Guarouba, Diopsittaca, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, and Primolius not scored for anatomical or behavioral traits.

Genera: Pionites Heine, 1890; Deroptyus Wagler, 1832; Pyrrhura Bonaparte, 1856; Enicognathus G.R. Gray, 1840; Cyanoliseus Bonaparte, 1854; Anodorhynchus Spix, 1824; Rhynchopsitta Bonaparte, 1854; Eupsittula Finsch, 1868 (see Remsen et al. 2013 for resurrection of this genus); Conuropsis Salvadori, 1891; Aratinga Spix, 1824; Cyanopsitta Bonaparte, 1854; Nandayus Bonaparte, 1854 (for inclusion in Aratinga see Remsen et al. 2013); Orthopsittaca Ridgway, 1912; Primolius Bonaparte, 1857; Ara Lacépède, 1799; Leptosittaca Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894; Ognorhynchus Bonaparte, 1857; Guarouba Lesson, 1830; Diopsittaca Ridgway, 1912; Thectocercus Ridgway, 1916 (see Remsen et al. 2013 for resurrection of this genus); Psittacara Vigors, 1825.

Tribe ANDROGLOSSINI Sundevall, 1872, Methodi Naturalis Avium Disponendarum Tentamen, p. 69. Samson & Wallin, Stockholm—type genus: Androglossus Sundevall, 1872

Small to medium, usually round-tailed, green parrots with usually naked cere, commonly vari-coloured heads, and which are, except for Triclaria and several species of Amazona, sexually monomorphic; temporal fossa usually well and deeply defined, and strongly muscled; auditory meatus open and square-shaped; orbital ring variably ossified by extension of prefrontal; furcula present; M. ambiens absent; uropygial gland usually atrophied; head preening direct, by foot under wing. NOTE: Hapalopsittaca, Alipiopsitta, and Pionopsitta not scored for anatomical or behavioral traits.

Genera: Myiopsitta Bonaparte, 1854; Brotogeris Vigors, 1825; Pionopsitta Bonaparte, 1854, Triclaria Wagler, 1832, Hapalopsittaca Ridgway, 1912, Pyrilia Bonaparte, 1856, Pionus Wagler, 1832, Graydidascalus Bonaparte, 1854, Alipiopsitta Caparroz & Pacheco, 2006, Amazona Lesson, 1830.