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==Taxonomy== The genus was defined by French naturalist [[René-Primevère Lesson]] in 1831. The name ''Micropsitta'' is derived from the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] ''mikros'' meaning small and ''psitta'' for parrot.<ref name=Liddell1980>{{cite book | author = [[Henry George Liddell|Liddell, Henry George]] and [[Robert Scott (philologist)|Robert Scott]] | year = 1980 | title = [[A Greek-English Lexicon]] (Abridged Edition) | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] | location = United Kingdom | isbn =0-19-910207-4}}</ref> The pygmy parrots consist of six species and several subspecies:<ref name = zoonomen>{{cite web | url =http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/psit.html |title = Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.024) |date =2009-05-30|publisher = www.zoonomen.net }}</ref> Genus: ''Micropsitta'' <small>Lesson 1831</small> (pygmy parrots) {{Species table |genus=Micropsitta |authority-name=[[René Primevère Lesson|Lesson]]|authority-year= 1831 |species-count=six|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}} {{Species table/row |name=Red-breasted pygmy parrot |binomial=[[Micropsitta bruijnii]] |image=File:Micropsitta bruijnii 3308704.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Salvadori |authority-year=1875 |authority-not-original=yes |range=the Maluku Islands and Melanesia. |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Five subspecies |bullets=on | ''M. b. bruijnii'' <small>(Salvadori 1875)</small> | ''M. b. buruensis'' <small>Arndt 1999</small> | ''M. b. necopinata'' <small>[[Ernst Hartert|Hartert]] 1925</small> | ''M. b. pileata'' <small>Mayr 1940</small> | ''M. b. rosea'' <small>Mayr 1940</small> }} }} {{Species table/row |name=Finsch's pygmy parrot |binomial=[[Micropsitta finschii]] |image=|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Ramsay, EP|authority-year= 1881 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Bismarck Archipelago. |range-image=File:Finsch's Pygmy Parrot.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Five subspecies |bullets=on | ''M. f. aolae'' <small>(Ogilvie-Grant 1888)</small> | ''M. f. finschii'' <small>(Ramsay, EP 1881)</small> | ''M. f. nanina'' <small>(Tristram 1891)</small> | ''M. f. tristrami'' <small>([[Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild|Rothschild]] & [[Ernst Hartert|Hartert]] 1902)</small> | ''M. f. viridifrons'' <small>([[Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild|Rothschild]] & [[Ernst Hartert|Hartert]] 1899)</small> }} }} {{Species table/row |name=Geelvink pygmy parrot] |binomial=[[Micropsitta geelvinkiana]] |image=|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Schlegel|authority-year=1871 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Biak and Numfoor islands in Western New Guinea |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on | ''M. g. geelvinkiana'' <small>(Schlegel 1871)</small> | ''M. g. misoriensis'' <small>(Salvadori 1876)</small> }} }} {{Species table/row |name=Yellow-capped pygmy parrot |binomial=[[Micropsitta keiensis]] |image=File:Micropsitta keiensis 315676556.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Salvadori|authority-year=1876 |authority-not-original=yes |range= western New Guinea |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on | ''M. k. chloroxantha'' <small>Oberholser 1917</small> | ''M. k. keiensis'' <small>(Salvadori 1876)</small> | ''M. k. viridipectus'' <small>([[Lionel Walter Rothschild|Rothschild]] 1911)</small> }} }} {{Species table/row |name=Meek's pygmy parrot |binomial=[[Micropsitta meeki]] |image=|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=[[Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild|Rothschild]] & [[Ernst Hartert|Hartert]]|authority-year=1914 |authority-not-original= |range= Papua New Guinea. |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on | ''M. m. meeki'' <small>[[Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild|Rothschild]] & [[Ernst Hartert|Hartert]] 1914</small> | ''M. m. proxima'' <small>[[Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild|Rothschild]] & [[Ernst Hartert|Hartert]] 1924</small> }} }} {{Species table/row |name=Buff-faced pygmy parrot |binomial=[[Micropsitta pusio]] |image=|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Sclater, PL |authority-year=1866 |authority-not-original=yes |range= New Britain and New Guinea. |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Four subspecies |bullets=on | ''M. p. beccarii'' <small>(Salvadori 1876)</small> | ''M. p. harterti'' <small>Mayr 1940</small> | ''M. p. pusio'' <small>(Sclater, PL 1866)</small> | ''M. p. stresemanni'' <small>[[Ernst Hartert|Hartert]] 1926</small> }} }} {{Species table/end}}
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