Psittaculidae

Psittaculidae is a family containing Old World parrots. It consists of five subfamilies, Agapornithinae, Loriinae, Platycercinae, Psittacellinae and Psittaculinae.

Psittaculidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittaculidae
Vigors, 1825
Subfamilies

This family has been accepted into The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World in 2014,[1] and the IOC World Bird List.

The family contains 192 species that are divided into 48 genera.[2]

References

  1. "Updates & Corrections – August 2014 | Clements Checklist". www.birds.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 October 2020.


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