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The order Psittaciformes consists of 387 extant species belonging to 87 genera. The following classification is based on the most recent proposals as of 2012. [9] [10] [3] Superfamily Psittacoidea: true parrots [21] Family Psittacidae. Subfamily Psittacinae: two African genera, Psittacus and Poicephalus; Subfamily Arinae. Tribe Arini: eighteen ...
Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines (/ ˈ s ɪ t ə s aɪ n z /), [1] [2] are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet. [ a ] They are classified in four families that contain roughly 410 species in 101 genera , found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions.
The data place most of the diversification of psittaciformes around 40 Mya, after the separation of Australia from West Antarctica and South America. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Divergence of the Psittacidae from the ancestral parrots resulted from a common radiation event from what was then West Antarctica into South America, then Africa, via late Cretaceous ...
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Psittacula, also known as Afro-Asian ring-necked parrots, is a genus of parrots from Africa and Southeast Asia.It is a widespread group with a clear concentration of species in south Asia, but also with representatives in Africa and the islands of the Indian Ocean.
This is a list of Psittaciformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology.
Greater sulphur-crested cockatoo Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaciformes Family: Cacatuidae Genus: Cacatua Species: C. galerita Subspecies: C. g. galerita Trinomial name Cacatua galerita galerita Latham, 1790 The greater sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita galerita) is the nominate subspecies of the sulphur-crested ...
Pygmy parrots are the smallest parrots and range is size from about 8 to 10 cm (3.1 to 3.9 in). They have long toes and long, curved claws. The shafts of their tail feathers are stiff and form projections at the end of the tail. The cere is prominent.