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[9] [10] [11] Many studies have confirmed the unique placement of this group at the base of the parrot tree. [ 3 ] [ 9 ] [ 11 ] [ 10 ] Most authors now recognize this group as a separate taxon [ 3 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] containing two families: Nestoridae and Strigopidae.
A parrot is found on the flag of Dominica and two parrots on their coat of arms. [133] The St. Vincent parrot is the national bird of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a Caribbean nation. [134] Sayings about parrots colour the modern English language. The verb "parrot" in the dictionary means "to repeat by rote".
The first section links to categories listing lower taxonomic levels in birds. In the second section, higher categories such as superorders , and basal groups are listed. Click to see Category Tree for:
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.
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.
Cyanoliseus – burrowing parrot; Enicognathus (two species) Rhynchopsitta – thick-billed parrots (two species) Pyrrhura (around two dozen species, one possibly recently extinct) Anodorhynchus – blue macaws (two living species, one probably recently extinct) Leptosittaca – golden-plumed parakeet; Ognorhynchus – yellow-eared parrot
The lilacine amazon is a small parrot, approximately 34 cm long when mature, with primarily green plumage. Like the red-lored amazon, it has red lores and yellow cheeks; its distinguishing features include a fully black beak, and lilac-tipped feathers on its crown. [41] [42] Western Ecuador to extreme south-western Colombia. [42] Diademed amazon
There are 107 classes of animals in 33 phyla in this list. However, different sources give different numbers of classes and phyla. For example, Protura, Diplura, and Collembola are often considered to be the three orders in the class Entognatha. This list should by no means be considered complete and authoritative and should be used carefully.