Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Order [Psittaciformes] Wagler, 1830 [monotypic] - parrots
         Family Psittacidae Illiger, 1811 - cockatoos and parrots
           Subfamily Loriculinae Gale, 2016 [monotypic]
             Genus Loriculus Blyth, 1849
               Loriculus vernalis (Sparrman, 1787) - vernal hanging-parrot
                 1 Loriculus vernalis vernalis (Sparrman, 1787)
                 2 Loriculus vernalis phileticus Deignan, 1956