Psittaciformes

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Noun1.Psittaciformes - an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets
animal order - the order of animals
Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds
parrot - usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
family Psittacidae, Psittacidae - coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
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Key words: polyomavirus 1, beak and feather disease virus, polymerase chain reaction, avian, Psittaciformes, psittacine birds
Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus, Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae) are birds of Australian origin that live in flocks and are found mainly in subtropical and temperate regions.
Psittaculidae is member of family Psittaciformes contained 1 species.
[3] They are classified into the order Psittaciformes under the family Psittacidae along with lorikeets, cockatoos, and hanging parakeets.
Toft, 'Molecular Systematics and Biogeography of the Cockatoos (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae)', The Auk, 116.1 (1999), 141-57.
The percentage of relative abundance of all the species shows that Passeriformes (83.73%) is the dominant order in the study area followed by Columbiformes (3.40%), Cuculiformes (2.1%), Apodiformes (1.79%), Psittaciformes (1.7%), Coraciiformes (1.32%), Piciformes (0.76%), Upupiformes (0.31%), Ciconiiformes (0.24%) Strigiformes (0.12%) and Galliformes (0.10%).
Efficiency data of the assessed plants were not collected due to the Psittaciformes infestation that took place days before harvest.
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