Psittaculidae

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Short description: Family of birds

Psittaculidae
Rose-ringed Parakeets (Male & Female)- During Foreplay at Hodal I Picture 0034.jpg
Rose-ringed parakeets (Psittacula krameri)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittaculidae
Vigors, 1825
Subfamilies
  • Agapornithinae
  • Loriinae
  • Platycercinae
  • Psittacellinae
  • Psittaculinae

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

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 196 species that are divided into 54 genera.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Updates & Corrections – August 2014 | Clements Checklist". http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/updates-corrections-august-2014/. 
  2. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2021). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/parrots/. Retrieved 21 July 2021. 

See also Wikidata entry Q7256090.




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