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Glossy black cockatoo showing the parrot's strong bill, clawed feet, and sideways-positioned eyes. Living species range in size from the buff-faced pygmy parrot, at under 10 g (0.4 oz) in weight and 8 cm (3.1 in) in length, [36]: 149 to the hyacinth macaw, at 1 m (3.3 ft) in length, [37] and the kākāpō, at 4.0 kg (8.8 lb) in weight. [38]
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Vietnam.The avifauna of Vietnam include a total of 963 species, of which 18 are endemic, and 5 have been introduced.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.
Mostly green and pink feet; apricot-orange cap; a medium, stout parrot. Amazon region of Brazil Lives in lowland humid tropical and seasonally flooded forest. [8] White-bellied parrot (Yellow-tailed parrot) (Pionites leucogaster xanthurus) Least concern [9] About 23 cm (9.1 in) long. Similar to the black-legged parrot, but yellow tail and pink ...
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. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the ...
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 .
The black-headed parrot (Pionites melanocephalus ; sometimes incorrectly Pionites melanocephala) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. [3] Other colloquial names are black-crowned parrot, black-capped parrot, black-headed caique, and for subspecies P. m. pallidus, pallid caique. [4]
The feet in loons [2] and grebes [2] [7] are placed far at the rear of the body - a powerful accommodation to swimming underwater, [7] but a handicap for walking. The snowshoe-like foot of the willow ptarmigan is an adaptation for walking on snow. [1] Because avian forelimbs are wings, many forelimb functions are performed by the bill and ...
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 .