ParrotsAustralian Ringnecks Bluebonnet Bourke’s Parrot Budgerigar Cockatiel Galah Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo Mallee Ringneck Mulga Parrot Port Lincoln Ringneck Purple-crowned Lorikeet Rainbow Lorikeet Red-collared Lorikeet Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Parrots are found mainly in tropical and sub-tropical regions, with some species in arid and semi-arid regions, are of the order Psittaciformes, comprising 92 genera and roughly 398 species.
They are a broad order that includes Macaws, Amazons, cockatoos, corellas, lorikeets, lovebirds, parakeets and rosellas.
The order Psittaciformes is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea (“true” parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots).
Bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Psittaciformes
- Family: Psittaculidae
- Genus: Northiella
- Species: N. haematogaster
- Binomial name: Northiella haematogaster
Bourke’s Parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Psittaciformes
- Family: Psittaculidae
- Genus: Neopsephotus
- Species: N. bourkii
- Binomial name: Neopsephotus bourkii
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Psittaciformes
- Family: Psittaculidae
- Genus: Melopsittacus
- Species: M. undulatus
- Binomial name: Melopsittacus undulatus
Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Psittaciformes
- Family: Cacatuidae
- Genus: Eolophus
- Species: E. roseicapilla
- Binomial name: Eolophus roseicapilla
Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Psittaciformes
- Family: Cacatuidae
- Genus: Lophochroa
- Species: L. leadbeateri
- Binomial name: Lophochroa leadbeateri
Mallee Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius barnardi)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Psittaciformes
- Family: Psittaculidae
- Genus: Barnardius
- Species: B. zonarius
- Subspecies: B. z. barnardi
Mulga Parrot (Psephotellus varius)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Psittaciformes
- Family: Psittaculidae
- Genus: Psephotellus
- Species: P. varius
- Binomial name: Psephotellus varius
Port Lincoln Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Psittaciformes
- Family: Psittaculidae
- Genus: Barnardius
- Species: B. zonarius
- Binomial name: Barnardius zonarius
Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Parvipsitta porphyrocephala)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Psittaciformes
- Family: Psittaculidae
- Genus: Parvipsitta
- Species: P. porphyrocephala
- Binomial name: Parvipsitta porphyrocephala
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Psittaciformes
- Family: Psittaculidae
- Genus: Trichoglossus
- Species: T. moluccanus
- Binomial name: Trichoglossus moluccanus
Red-collared Lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Psittaciformes
- Family: Psittaculidae
- Genus: Trichoglossus
- Species: T. rubritorquis
- Binomial name: Trichoglossus rubritorquis
Red-tailed Black Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Psittaciformes
- Family: Cacatuidae
- Genus: Calyptorhynchus
- Subgenus: Calyptorhynchus
- Species: C. banksii
- Binomial name: Calyptorhynchus banksii
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Psittaciformes
- Superfamily:
- Cacatuoidea
- Psittacoidea
- Strigopoidea
Footnote & References
- Parrot, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot (last visited Sept. 19, 2021).
- Australian Parrots, Australia’s Wonderful Birds, https://www.australiaswonderfulbirds.com.au/parrots
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