Family

Parrots and Parakeets

Psittacidae

The true parrots are about 330 species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae family, one of the two "traditional" families in the biological order Psittaciformes (parrots). The other family is the Cacatuidae (cockatoos) which are also parrots, but not classified as true parrots. True parrots are more widespread than cockatoos, with species in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and eastwards across the Pacific Ocean as far as Polynesia.

Genera

• Rhynchopsitta
• Melopsittacus
• Psittacula
• Myiopsitta
• Amazona
• Aratinga