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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 ...
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.
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 .
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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.
Of the nine species in the New Zealand parrot superfamily Strigopoidea, the Norfolk kākā [1] [2] and Chatham kākā [3] became extinct in recent history. The last known individual of the Norfolk Kākā died in its cage in London sometime after 1851, [4] and only between seven [5] and 20 [6] skins survive.
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Platycercinae is a subfamily of birds belonging to the family Psittaculidae that inhabit Oceania. [1] It consists of two tribes, the ground parrots and allies ( Pezoporini ) and the many species of broad-tailed parrot ( Platycercini ).