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    Parrots

    Looks like intergeneric hybrids are more common than I thought (although alot of the Bird of Pardise ones seem vague/poorly documented, which is not surprising given their location) - just started going down the google scholar plughole....lots of reading.
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    Parrots

    Is not comparing apples to oranges - presence or absence, or broadness or narrowness of hybrid zones are a key concept in definition of species vs subspecies. Numerous lumps and splits have been made on findings such as these. The example I cite is the only intergeneric hybrid of an Australian...
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    Parrots

    The red-winged parrot and Australian King Parrot have produced fertile hybrids in captivity and also hybrid in the wild where their ranges meet. Gould even named one here - does this suggest to anyone that treating them as congeneric might make more sense than accepting the idea of intergeneric...
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    Parrots

    Regent parrot (traditionally in Polytelis) slots in as basal to Aprosmictus in that paper......am a neophyte on assessing strength of evidence though....
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    Parrots

    (much belated reply) - Have pondered this (unifying Alisterus, Aprosmictus and Polytelis), in the face of naturally occurring hybrids between Australian king parrot and red-winged parrot - surely this means they are better regarded as congeneric? A hybrid of Australian king-parrot 'Alisterus...
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