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Pesquet's parrot is a large parrot with a total length of approximately 46 cm (18 in) and a weight of 680–800 g (24–28 oz). Its plumage is black, with greyish scaling to the chest, and a red belly, uppertail coverts and wing-panels.
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 ...
Psittrichasiidae is a family of birds belonging to the superfamily of the true parrots (Psittacoidea). [1] It is a very small family , the smallest of the three families of the true parrots. It is divided into two subfamilies: Psittrichasinae and Coracopsinae , [ 1 ] that contain a single genus each.
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 .
Family Psittrichasiidae: Pesquet's parrot, vasa parrots; Order Passeriformes. Rock wren Eurylaimus javanicus Pitta cyanea Pachyramphus castaneus Lyrebird.
The true parrots are distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, covering many different habitats, from the humid tropical forests to deserts in Australia, India, Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Central and South America, and two species, one extinct (the Carolina parakeet), formerly in the United States.
Common fauna species include the agile wallaby, [5] Pesquet's parrot, southern cassowary, blue crowned pigeon, greater bird-of-paradise, king bird-of-paradise, red bird-of-paradise, New Guinea crocodile, and saltwater crocodile. [3] Wasur National Park is the habitat for a number of rare and endemic species.
Although only 7% of the parrot species are threatened in New Guinea, [2] many are very poorly known, [4] [5] and further information may lead to revisions of their Red List status. Most of the threatened species inhabit the satellite islands of New Guinea, with the exception of Pesquet’s parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus), which lives on the ...