Psittaciformes

Parrots (Psittacidae)

HBW 4, p. 280

  • Stocky, large-headed birds with powerful, short, curved, articulated bill, highly developed tongue and jaw musculature, and short legs; plumage exuberantly colourful in many species.
  • Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental and Australasian, but only marginal in Nearctic and Palearctic; greatest diversity in tropics.
  • Mainly forest; also woodland and savanna, with a few species in open areas.
  • 78 genera, 336 species, 703 taxa.
  • 83 species threatened; almost certainly 2 of these, as well as at least 9 more species and 8 subspecies, extinct since 1600.
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Family statistics

78 genera, 336 species

3894 files covering
77 genera (99%)
302 species (90%)

 

    1875 videos covering
74 genera (95%)
271 species (81%)
    1737 photographs covering
77 genera (99%)
292 species (87%)
    282 sound recordings covering
61 genera (78%)
170 species (51%)
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