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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 recent centuries.
A large collection of sketches and studies for Parrots are included in the major Lear art collection held at the Harvard University Houghton Library. [55] In 2018, a copy of Parrots was sold at auction by Bonhams for £90,000, [56] and in 2020 another copy was listed by Christie's with a guide price of £40,000–60,000, and fetched £60,000. [29]
Pam Wright explained, "Florida's wild parrots are being poached, sold on the internet, and it's perfectly legal." [17] In the documentary Parrots in Peril, Neil Losin argues, "Wherever you find wild animals that have commercial value in the pet trade—cities included—poaching can become a problem". [16] United States parrot trade [18]
The yellow-crowned amazon or yellow-crowned parrot (Amazona ochrocephala) is a species of parrot native to tropical South America, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. The taxonomy is highly complex and the yellow-headed ( A. oratrix ) and yellow-naped amazon ( A. auropalliata ) are sometimes considered subspecies of the yellow ...
The guaiabero (Bolbopsittacus lunulatus) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae, belonging to the monotypic genus Bolbopsittacus [2] and closely related to the lovebirds and hanging parrots. [3] It is endemic to the Philippines and locally known as bubutok. Its common name is derived from its reputation for eating guavas. [2]
The festive amazon (Amazona festiva), also known as the festive parrot, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is found in Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador , Bolivia , Guyana , Peru , and Venezuela .
Psittacidae: Subfamily: Arinae: Genus: Hapalopsittaca Ridgway, 1912: Type species; Psittacus amazoninus [1] Des Murs, 1845. Species ... The rusty-faced parrot, red ...
The true parrots are about 350 species of hook-billed, mostly herbivorous birds forming the superfamily Psittacoidea, one of the three superfamilies in the biological order Psittaciformes (parrots). [ Notes 1 ] True parrots are widespread, with species in Mexico , Central and South America , sub-Saharan Africa , India , Southeast Asia ...