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Psittacidae
(redirected from True parrots)

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Noun1.Psittacidae - coextensive with the order PsittaciformesPsittacidae - coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
order Psittaciformes, Psittaciformes - an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets
genus Psittacus, Psittacus - type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey
Amazona, genus Amazona - a genus of Psittacidae
genus Ara, Ara - macaws
genus Nestor, Nestor - a genus of Psittacidae
Cacatua, genus Cacatua, genus Kakatoe, Kakatoe - a genus of Psittacidae
genus Nymphicus, Nymphicus - a genus of Psittacidae
Agapornis, genus Agapornis - a genus of Psittacidae
Conuropsis, genus Conuropsis - a genus of Psittacidae
genus Melopsittacus, Melopsittacus - a genus of Psittacidae
genus Psittacula, Psittacula - a genus of Psittacidae


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There are actually two groups of parrot families -- the cacatuidae or cockatoos and the Psittacidae or true parrots.
Cockatoos belong in the first family, while the second includes all the true parrots of the world.
True Parrots This family includes all of the other commonly-known parrot types.
 
 
 
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