The family Psittacidae or holotropical parrots is one of three families of true parrots. It comprises the 12 species of subfamily Psittacinae (the Afrotropical parrots) and 167 of subfamily Arinae (the New World or Neotropical parrots) including several species that have gone extinct in …

5 days ago · psittaciform, (order Psittaciformes), any member of the group of more than 360 species of generally brightly coloured noisy bird s to which the general name parrot may be applied. All belong to just two families.

There are around 350 species of colorful birds in this family. They range in size from 4-40 inches. They have thick, hooked bills; zygodactyl feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward; and muscular tongues. The upper mandible of their bill is hinged to their skull and their lower mandible fits under the upper mandible.

Parrot, term applied to a large group of gaudy, raucous birds of the family Psittacidae. They have been kept as cage birds since ancient times, and they have always been popular because they are amusing, intelligent, and often affectionate.

5 days ago · Chunky, primarily tropical birds with short necks and wings. Distinctive bill, short and strongly hooked, the upper mandible extending down over the tip of the upcurved lower mandible. Most brightly coloured; often gregarious; highly vocal.

The Psittacidae is the largest and most diverse of these, with about half of the world’s parrot species, ranging from sparrow-sized parrotlets up to spectacular, pheasant-sized macaws, but consisting mostly of mid-sized birds that we call parrots (in some cases “amazons”) if they are stocky with short tails or parakeets (in some cases ...

Mar 4, 2020 · New World and African Parrots (Psittacidae), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.psitta3.01.

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The family Psittacidae is one of three families of true parrots. It comprises the rough 10 species of subfamily Psittacinae (the Old World or Afrotropical parrots) and 157 of subfamily Arinae (the New World or Neotropical parrots), as well as several species …