Psittaculidae
Psittaculidae is a family containing Old World parrots. It consists of five subfamilies, Agapornithinae, Loriinae, Platycercinae, Psittacellinae and Psittaculinae.
Psittaculidae | |
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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
- "Updates & Corrections – August 2014 | Clements Checklist". www.birds.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- 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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