Polytelini
{{Short description|Tribe of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Polytelini
| image = Alisterus scapularis -Narooma -Australia -male -side-8d.jpg
| image_caption = Alisterus scapularis
| authority = Mathews, 1916
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
}}
The Polytelini tribe belongs to the parrot family Psittaculidae and consists of three genera.Joseph L., Alicia Toon, Erin E. Schirtzinger, Timothy F. Wright, Richard Schodde, [http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/~twright/publications/Josephetal2012Zootaxa.pdf A revised nomenclature and classification for family-group taxa of parrots (Psittaciformes) (PDF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211091044/http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/~twright/publications/Josephetal2012Zootaxa.pdf |date=2013-12-11 }}, in Zootaxa, vol. 3205, 2012, pp. 26–40.
Species
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Image | Genus | Living species |
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120px | Alisterus {{au|Mathews, 1911}} | * Australian king parrot, Alisterus scapularis
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120px | Aprosmictus {{au|Gould, 1842}} | * Jonquil parrot, Aprosmictus jonquillaceus
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120px | Polytelis {{au|Wagler, 1832}} | * Superb parrot, Polytelis swainsonii
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