Order PSITTACIFORMES
Compiler and date details
R. Schodde CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Introduction
Molecular work by Suh et al. (2011) supports sister group relationship between parrots and passerines.
General References
Suh, A., Paus, M., Kiefmann, M., Churakov, G., Franke, F.A., Brosius, J., Kriegs, J.O. & Schmitz, J. 2011. Mesozoic retroposons reveal parrots as the closest living relatives of passerine birds. Nature Communications [Date published Aug. 2011: DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1448]