New World and African Parrots
Psittacidae
The family Psittacidae or holotropical parrots is one of three families of true parrots. It comprises the 12 species of subfamily Psittacinae (the Afrotropical parrots) and 167 of subfamily Arinae (the New World or Neotropical parrots) including several species that have gone extinct in recent centuries. Some of the most iconic birds in the world are represented here, such as the blue-and-yellow macaw among the New World parrots and the grey parrot among the Afrotropical parrots.
38 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 177 known species
Monk and Cliff Parakeets
genusMyiopsitta
Amazon Parrots
genusAmazona
Typical Macaws
genusAra
Psittacara Parakeets
genusPsittacara
Brotogeris Parakeets
genusBrotogeris
Eupsittula Parakeets
genusEupsittula
Pionus Parrots
genusPionus
Aratinga Parakeets
genusAratinga
Typical Parrotlets
genusForpus
Pyrrhura Parakeets
genusPyrrhura
African Green Parrots
genusPoicephalus
Thectocercus
genusThectocercus
Cyanoliseus
genusCyanoliseus
Blue Macaws
genusAnodorhynchus
African Grey Parrots
genusPsittacus
Patagonian Parakeets
genusEnicognathus
Diopsittaca
genusDiopsittaca
Brown-chested Parrots
genusPyrilia
Primolius Macaws
genusPrimolius
Orthopsittaca
genusOrthopsittaca
Caiques
genusPionites
Southern Montane Parakeets
genusPsilopsiagon
Thick-billed and Maroon-fronted Parrots
genusRhynchopsitta
Deroptyus
genusDeroptyus
Alipiopsitta
genusAlipiopsitta
Golden Parakeets
genusGuaruba
Forest Parrotlets
genusTouit
Golden-plumed Parakeets
genusLeptosittaca
Ognorhynchus
genusOgnorhynchus
Graydidascalus
genusGraydidascalus
Northern Montane Parakeets
genusBolborhynchus
Pionopsitta
genusPionopsitta
Andean Parrots
genusHapalopsittaca
Triclaria
genusTriclaria
Conuropsis
genusConuropsis
Amazonian Parrotlets
genusNannopsittaca
Spix's Macaws
genusCyanopsitta
Aratinga × Thectocercus
genushybridAratinga × Thectocercus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 18875.