The 6 S of micropsittes or parakeets Pygmies constitute the kind Micropsitta and the subfamily of the micropsittinés (or Micropsittinae ). The Micriopsitta are originating in the wet tropical forests of New Guinea and in the close islands. With less than 8 adult centimetre, the Micropsitta pusio is smallest of Psittacidae .

List species and subspecies

• Micropsitte Pygmy - Micropsitta keiensis (Salvadori, 1876)
• Micropsitta keiensis chloroxantha Oberholser, 1917
• Micropsitta keiensis keiensis (Salvadori, 1876)
• Micropsitta keiensis viridipectus (Rothschild, 1911)
• Micropsitte de Geelvink - Micropsitta geelvinkiana (Schlegel, 1871)
• Micropsitta geelvinkiana geelvinkiana (Schlegel, 1871)
• Micropsitta geelvinkiana misoriensis (Salvadori, 1876)
• Micropsitte with fawn-coloured head - Micropsitta pusio (P.L. Sclater, 1866)
• Micropsitta pusio beccarii (Salvadori, 1876)
• Micropsitta pusio harterti Mayr, 1940
• Micropsitta pusio pusio (P.L. Sclater, 1866)
• Micropsitta pusio stresemanni Hartert, 1926
• Micropsitte de Meek - Micropsitta meeki Rothschild & Hartert 1914
• Micropsitta meeki meeki Rothschild & Hartert, 1914
• Micropsitta meeki proxima Rothschild & Hartert, 1924
• Micropsitte de Finsch - Micropsitta finschii (E.P. Ramsay, 1881)
• Micropsitta finschii aolae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1888)
• Micropsitta finschii finschii (E.P. Ramsay, 1881)
• Micropsitta finschii nanina (Tristram, 1891)
• Micropsitta finschii tristrami (Rothschild & Hartert, 1902)
• Micropsitta finschii will viridifrons (Rothschild & Hartert, 1899)
• Micropsitte de Bruijn - Micropsitta bruijnii (Salvadori, 1875)
• Micropsitta bruijnii bruijnii (Salvadori, 1875)
• Micropsitta bruijnii necopinata Hartert, 1925
• Micropsitta bruijnii pileata Mayr, 1940
• Micropsitta bruijnii rosea Mayr, 1940

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