Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 Nestor, Nestor - a genus of Psittacidae genus Nymphicus, Nymphicus - a genus of Psittacidae Agapornis, genus Agapornis - a genus of Psittacidae Loriinae, subfamily Loriinae - lories Conuropsis, genus Conuropsis - a genus of Psittacidae genus Melopsittacus, Melopsittacus - a genus of Psittacidae genus Psittacula, Psittacula - a genus of Psittacidae |