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Psittaculidae is a family of parrots, commonly known as Old World parrots, though this term is a misnomer as there are other parrots (Psittacinae) that occur in the Old World. It consists of six subfamilies: Psittrichasinae , Agapornithinae , Loriinae , Platycercinae , Psittacellinae and Psittaculinae .
Pesquet's parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus), also known as the Dracula parrot [2] or as the vulturine parrot (leading to easy confusion with Pyrilia vulturina from Brazil), is a member of the Old World parrot family Psittaculidae. It is the only member of the genus Psittrichas. It is endemic to hill and montane rainforests in New Guinea.
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.
Edwards's fig parrot (Psittaculirostris edwardsii), also known as the scarlet-cheeked fig parrot, [2] is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae found in humid lowland forests in north-eastern New Guinea. The adult male is predominantly green with red breast and cheeks, yellow ear coverts, and yellowish crown.
Female, Bangladesh. The red-breasted parakeet was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae.He placed it with all the other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus alexandri. [2]
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.
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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 ...