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The order Psittaciformes consists of 387 extant species belonging to 87 genera. The following classification is based on the most recent proposals as of 2012. [9] [10] [3] Superfamily Psittacoidea: true parrots [21] Family Psittacidae. Subfamily Psittacinae: two African genera, Psittacus and Poicephalus; Subfamily Arinae. Tribe Arini: eighteen ...
The data place most of the diversification of psittaciformes around 40 Mya, after the separation of Australia from West Antarctica and South America. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Divergence of the Psittacidae from the ancestral parrots resulted from a common radiation event from what was then West Antarctica into South America, then Africa, via late Cretaceous ...
Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines (/ ˈ s ɪ t ə s aɪ n z /), [1] [2] are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet. [ a ] They are classified in four families that contain roughly 410 species in 101 genera , found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions.
The Poule gasconne is a French breed of chicken. The Gascon hen was raised in the Garonne valley of Gascony, France for centuries. The breed originated from old French breeds of chicken. The breed began to be known in the sixteenth century because it is the one that is used to make the dish chicken in the pot which was advocated by Henry IV.
Pages in category "Psittaciformes" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
pot-au-feu à la languedocienne – the basic pot-au-feu with the addition of a piece of fat bacon. [7] pot-au-feu provençal – lamb or mutton replaces some of the beef. [24] pot-au-feu aux pruneaux – the meats are beef and lightly-salted pork knuckle, cooked with the usual vegetables but adding prunes soaked in Armagnac. [25]
Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution Bolborhynchus orbygnesius: Andean parakeet: central eastern Andes in Bolivia and Peru Bolborhynchus lineola
This superfamily is one of three superfamilies in the order Psittaciformes; the other two families are Cacatuoidea and Psittacoidea (true parrots). [19] While some taxonomists include three genera ( Nestor , Nelepsittacus , and Strigops ) in the family Strigopidae, others place Nestor and Nelepsittacus in the Nestoridae and retain only Strigops ...