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The Neotropical parrots (tribe Arini, sometimes subfamily Arinae) belong to the family of the true parrots Psittacidae. Several species have become extinct in recent centuries. They consist of two main groups, easily recognized as short-tailed and long-tailed species (Miyaki et al., 1998). Presently, there is increasing consideration to elevate the group to subfamily status, in which case the short- and long-tailed lineages would be considered tribes in the Arinae or even be divided into 2 subfamilies as they appear to be well distinct.

See alss List of species in the tribe Arini

Long-tailed clade

• Anodorhynchus - blue macaws (2 living species, 1 recently extinct)
• Cyanopsitta - Spix's Macaw (extinct in the wild)
• Ara - true macaws (8 living species, several recently extinct)
• Orthopsittaca - Red-bellied Macaw
• Propyrrhura - Propyrrhura macaws (3 species)
• Diopsittaca - Red-shouldered Macaw
• Guarouba - Golden Conure
• Conuropsis - Carolina Parakeet (extinct)^[1]
• Aratinga - large conures (Nearly 25 living species, at least one recently extinct)
• Rhynchopsitta - thick-billed parrots (2 species)
• Ognorhynchus - Yellow-eared Parrot^[1]
• Nandayus - Black-hooded or Nanday Parakeet/Conure^[1]
• Leptosittaca - Golden-plumed Parakeet^[1]
• Cyanoliseus - Burrowing Parrot
• Pyrrhura - red-tailed conures (around two dozen species, one possibly recently extinct)
• Enicognathus (2 species)^[1]
• Pionites - caiques (2 species)
• Deroptyus - Red-fan Parrot
• Brotogeris (8 species)
• Myiopsitta (1-2 species)
• Bolborhynchus (3 species)^[1]
• Psilopsiagon (2 species, formerly in Bolborhynchus)

Short-tailed clade

• Forpus (7 species)
• Nannopsittaca (2 species)^[1]
• Touit (8 species)^[1]
• Triclaria - Blue-bellied Parrot
• Amazona - amazon parrots (~30 living species, at least two possibly recently extinct)
• Pionus (7 or 8 species)
• Alipiopsitta - Yellow-faced Parrot (previously in Amazona)
• Pionopsitta - Pileated Parrot^[1]
• Gypopsitta (7 species; all previously included in Pionopsitta).
• Hapalopsittaca (4 species)^[1]
• Graydidascalus - Short-tailed Parrot

• Miyaki, C. Y.; Matioli, S. R.; Burke, T. & Wajntal, A. (1998): Parrot evolution and paleogeographical events: Mitochondrial DNA evidence. Molecular Biology and Evolution 15: 544-551. PDF fulltext
• Ribas, C., R. Gaban-Lima, C. Miyaki, and J. Cracraft (2005). Historical biogeography and diversification within the Neotropical parrot genus Pionopsitta (Aves: Psittacidae). Journal Biogeography 32:1409-1427.
• Split Gypopsitta from Pionopsitta South American Classification Committee.

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