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Psittaculidae is a family of parrots, commonly known as Old World parrots, though this term is a misnomer, as not all its members occur in the Old World and Psittacinae also occurs in the Old World. It consists of six subfamilies: Psittrichasinae , Agapornithinae , Loriinae , Platycercinae , Psittacellinae and Psittaculinae .
Psittaculidae – Old World parrots (203 species) The Psittaciformes comprise three main lineages: Strigopoidea , Psittacoidea and Cacatuoidea . [ 28 ] The Strigopoidea were considered part of the Psittacoidea, but the former is now placed at the base of the parrot tree next to the remaining members of the Psittacoidea, as well as all members ...
The dusky lory (Pseudeos fuscata) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. [2] Alternative common names are the white-rumped lory or the dusky-orange lory. [3] It is found in New Guinea and the offshore islands of Batanta, Salawati and Yapen. They are also known as "banded lories" or "duskies".
Parrots, also known as psittacines (/ ˈ s ɪ t ə s aɪ n z /), [1] [2] are the 402 species of birds that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions, of which 387 are extant.
Psittaculidae – Old World parrots (203 species) The family contains 179 species and is divided into 37 genera. Included are four species that have become extinct in historical times: the glaucous macaw , the Carolina parakeet , the Cuban macaw and the Puerto Rican parakeet .
Tribe Micropsittini: . Genus Micropsitta. Buff-faced pygmy parrot, Micropsitta pusio; Yellow-capped pygmy parrot, Micropsitta keiensis; Geelvink pygmy parrot, Micropsitta geelvinkiana
Lovebird is the common name for the genus Agapornis, a small group of parrots in the Old World parrot family Psittaculidae.Of the nine species in the genus, all are native to the African continent, with the grey-headed lovebird being native to the African island of Madagascar.
The vasa parrots that form the genus Coracopsis are four species of parrot in the Old World parrot family Psittaculidae that are endemic to Madagascar and other islands in the western Indian Ocean. Some taxonomists formerly placed the species in the genus in Mascarinus , but this is now thought to be based on the results of a heavily flawed ...