Editing Golden-shouldered parrot (section)

==Taxonomy==
The golden-shouldered parrot was [[species description|formally described]] in 1858 by the English ornithologist [[John Gould]] from specimens collected by [[Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey|Joseph Elsey]] in northern [[Queensland]]  while on an expedition led by [[Augustus Charles Gregory|Augustus Gregory]]. Gould placed the species in the [[genus]] ''[[Psephotus]]'' and coined the [[binomial name]] ''Psephotus chrysopterygius''.<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Gould | first=John | author-link=John Gould | year=1858 | title=On several new species of bird from various parts of the world | journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London | volume=25 | issue=340 | pages=220–224 [220–221] | doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1857.tb01230.x | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861282 }} Although the title page is dated 1857, the article was not published until 1858.</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor-last=Peters | editor-first=James Lee | editor-link=James L. Peters | year=1937 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=3 | publisher=Harvard University Press | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts  | page=267 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14477982 }}</ref> The golden-shouldered parrot is now one of four species placed in the genus ''[[Psephotellus]]'' that was introduced in 1913 by the ornithologist [[Gregory Mathews]]. The species is [[monotypic]]: no [[subspecies]] are recognised.<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela C. Rasmussen | date=December 2023 | title=Parrots, cockatoos | work=IOC World Bird List Version 14.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/parrots/| publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=3 July 2024 }}</ref> The genus name is a diminutive of ''Psephotus'' which is from the [[Ancient Greek]] ''psēphōtos'' meaning "inlaid with mosaic stones or jewels". The specific epithet ''chrysopterygius'' combines the Greek ''khrusos'' meaning "gold" with ''pterux'', ''pterugos'' meaning "wing".<ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages=[https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n319/mode/1up 319], [https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n106/mode/1up 106]}}</ref>

This parrot is most closely related to the extinct [[paradise parrot]] (''Psephotellus pulcherrimus'') and the two together are [[sister taxon|sister]] to the [[hooded parrot]] ''Psephotellus dissimilis''.<ref name=smith2024>{{Cite journal | last1=Smith | first1=B.T. | last2=Thom | first2=G. |  last3=Joseph | first3=L. | date=2024 | title=Revised evolutionary and taxonomic synthesis for parrots (order: Psittaciformes) guided by phylogenomic analysis | journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | volume=2024 | issue=468 | pages=1–87 | doi=10.1206/0003-0090.468.1.1 | hdl=2246/7372 | url=https://hdl.handle.net/2246/7372| url-access=subscription }}</ref>