List of parrots explained

Parrots, also known as psittacines, are the 402 species of birds that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions, of which 387 are extant. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots). Parrots have a generally pantropical distribution with several species inhabiting temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere as well. The greatest diversity of parrots is in South America and Australasia.

The Cacatuoidea are quite distinct, having a movable head crest, a different arrangement of the carotid arteries, a gall bladder, differences in the skull bones, and lack the Dyck texture feathers that—in the Psittacoidea—scatter light to produce the vibrant colours of so many parrots. Lorikeets were previously regarded as a family, Loriidae, but are now considered a tribe (Loriini) within the subfamily Loriinae, family Psittaculidae. Some species, such as the Puerto Rican amazon (Amazona vittata) have had a population bottleneck (in this case reduced to 13 individuals in 1975) and subsequently have low genetic variability and low reproductive success, leading to complications with conservation.

No consensus existed regarding the taxonomy of Psittaciformes until recently. The placement of the Strigopoidea species has been variable in the past. They were once considered part of the Psittacoidea, but recent 21st-century studies place this group of New Zealand species as their own superfamily next to the Cacatuoidea and remaining members of the Psittacoidea. Many studies have confirmed the unique placement of this group at the base of the parrot tree. Most authors now recognize this group as a separate taxon containing two families: Nestoridae and Strigopidae. Conversely, the relationships among various cockatoo genera are largely resolved.

Conventions

Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the bird's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IUCN red list for that species unless otherwise noted. All extinct species listed went extinct after 1500 CE (recently extinct), and are indicated by a dagger symbol "†".

Classification

The order Psittaciformes consists of 387 extant species belonging to 87 genera. The following classification is based on the most recent proposals as of 2012.

Superfamily Psittacoidea: true parrots

Superfamily Cacatuoidea: cockatoos

Superfamily Strigopoidea: New Zealand parrots

True parrots

Family Psittacidae

Subfamily Psittacinae

See main article: article and Psittacinae.

Genus Psittacus (grey parrots) Linnaeus, 1758 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Grey parrotP. erithacus
Linnaeus, 1758
Timneh parrotP. timneh
Fraser, 1844
Genus Poicephalus Swainson, 1837 – ten species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Senegal parrotP. senegalus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
West Africa (excluding the Maghreb)
Red-bellied parrotP. rufiventris
(Rüppell, 1842)
Eastern Horn of Africa, eastern Kenya, and northeast Tanzania
Rüppell's parrotP. rueppellii
(G. R. Gray, 1849)
Northern Namibia and the coast of Angola
Brown-necked parrotP. fuscicollis
(Kuhl, 1820)
From Gambia and southern Senegal to Ghana and Togo
Cape parrotP. robustus
(Gmelin, 1788)
Meyer's parrotP. meyeri
(Cretzschmar, 1827)
Red-fronted parrotP. gulielmi
(Jardine, 1849)
Yellow-fronted parrotP. flavifrons
(Rüppell, 1842)
Western Ethiopia
Brown-headed parrotP. cryptoxanthus
(Peters, 1854)
Southeast African coast
Niam-Niam parrotP. crassus
(Sharpe, 1884)
Central Central African Republic

Subfamily Arinae (neotropical parrots)

See main article: article and Arinae. Tribe Arini

See main article: article and Arini (tribe).

Genus Cyanoliseus Bonaparte, 1854 – one species
Genus Enicognathus G. R. Gray, 1840 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Slender-billed parakeetE. leptorhynchus
(King, 1831)
Central Chilean coast (central meaning halfway between the northern and southern extremes)
Austral parakeetE. ferrugineus
(Müller, 1776)
Eastern Patagonian coast, southern Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia
Genus Rhynchopsitta (thick-billed parrots) Bonaparte, 1854 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Thick-billed parrotR. pachyrhyncha
(Swainson, 1827)
Sierra Madre Occidental
Maroon-fronted parrotR. terrisi
Moore, 1947
Sierra Madre Oriental
Genus Pyrrhura Bonaparte, 1856 – 28 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Ochre-marked parakeetP. cruentata
(Wied-Neuwied, 1820)
Scattered populations around the southeastern coast of Brazil (north of São Paulo)
Maroon-bellied parakeetP. frontalis
(Vieillot, 1818)
Southwest Brazil, northern Uruguay, and southern Paraguay
Blaze-winged parakeetP. devillei
(Massena and de Souancé, 1854)
Northern Paraguay and Southwest Brazil along the Brazil/(northern) Paraguay border
Crimson-bellied parakeetP. perlata
(Spix, 1824)
Central Brazil and along the Brazil/Bolivia border
Pearly parakeetP. lepida
(Wagler, 1832)
Northeast Brazil south of the Amazon River
Green-cheeked parakeetP. molinae
(Massena and de Souancé, 1854)
Painted parakeetP. picta
(Müller, 1776)
Northeast South America, north of the Amazon river and east of the Venezuela/Colombia border
Sinú parakeetP. subandina
(Todd, 1917)
Sinú Valley in northern Colombia near (but not bordering) the Gulf of Darien
Azuero parakeetP. eisenmanni
Delgado, 1985
Southwest Azuero Peninsula
Venezuelan parakeetP. emma
Salvadori, 1891
Northern coast of Venezuela
Santarem parakeetP. amazonum
Hellmayr, 1906
Central and southeast Amazon in Brazil
Madeira parakeetP. snethlageae
Joseph and Bates, 2002
Eastern Brazil, west of the Brazil/Bolivia border, south of the Madeira river, and north of the Araguaia river
Bonaparte's parakeetP. lucianii
(Deville, 1851)
Northwest Amazon rainforest in Brazil
Rose-fronted parakeetP. roseifrons
(Gray, 1859)
Along the Peru/Brazil border and Peru/Bolivia border
Wavy-breasted parakeetP. peruviana
Hocking, Blake, and Joseph, 2002
Along the Marañón river in northern Peru and Ecuador
White-eared parakeetP. leucotis
(Kuhl, 1820)
Southeast Brazilian coast, north of Rio de Janeiro and south of Salvador de Bahia
Grey-breasted parakeetP. griseipectus
Salvadori, 1900
Scattered populations in northern Ceará, a state in Brazil
Pfrimer's parakeetP. pfrimeri
de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
Dry forest near the Serra Geral
Fiery-shouldered parakeetP. egregia
(Sclater, 1881)
Venezuela west of the Rio Caroni, and Guyana east of the Mazaruni River
Santa Marta parakeetP. viridicata
Todd, 1913
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Maroon-tailed parakeetP. melanura
(Spix, 1824)
Northwest South America, east of the Andes Mountains
El Oro parakeetP. orcesi
Ridgely & Robbins, 1988
El Oro Province in Ecuador
Black-capped parakeetP. rupicola
(Tschudi, 1844)
Around the Brazil/Peru/Bolivia border within the State of Acre and west of the Andes mountains
White-breasted parakeetP. albipectus
Chapman, 1914
Zamora-Chinchipe Province
Flame-winged parakeetP. calliptera
(Massena and de Souancé, 1854)
Andes mountains in Colombia
Blood-eared parakeetP. hoematotis
de Souancé, 1857
Northern coast of Venezuela
Rose-crowned parakeetP. rhodocephala
(Sclater and Salvin, 1871)
Andes mountains in Venezuela, near Lake Maracaibo
Sulphur-winged parakeetP. hoffmanni
(Cabanis, 1861)
Continental Divide running through Costa Rica and Panama
Genus Anodorhynchus (blue macaws) von Spix, 1824 – three species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Glaucous macawA. glaucus
(Vieillot, 1816)
A small population in northeast Argentina near the Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay border
Hyacinth macawA. hyacinthinus
(Latham, 1790)
Lear's macawA. leari
Bonaparte, 1856
Genus Leptosittaca von Berlepsch and Stolzmann, 1894 – one species
Genus Ognorhynchus Bonaparte, 1857 – one species
Genus Diopsittaca Ridgway, 1912 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Southern red-shouldered macawD. cumanensis
(Lichtenstein, 1823)
Brazil, south of the Amazon rainforest
Northern Red-shouldered MacawD. nobilis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Northern coasts of French Guiana and Suriname, northern Guyana, and eastern Venezuela
Genus Guaruba Lesson, 1830 – one species
Genus Conuropsis Salvadori, 1891 – one species
Genus Cyanopsitta Bonaparte, 1854 – one species
Genus Orthopsittaca Ridgway, 1912 – one species
Genus Ara de Lacépède, 1799 – nine species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Great green macawA. ambiguus
(Bechstein, 1811)
Blue-and-yellow macawA. ararauna
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Red-and-green macawA. chloropterus
Gray, 1859
Blue-throated macawA. glaucogularis
Dabbene, 1921
Scarlet macawA. macao
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Military macawA. militaris
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Red-fronted macawA. rubrogenys
de Lafresnaye, 1847
Chestnut-fronted macawA. severus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Cuban macawA. tricolor
(Bechstein, 1811)
Formerly Cuba and Isla de la Juventud until 1885
Genus Primolius Bonaparte, 1857 – three species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Golden-collared macawP. auricollis
(Cassin, 1853)
Blue-headed macawP. couloni
(Sclater, 1876)
Southern Peru east of the Andes, and the along the northern Bolivia/Brazil and Bolivia/Peru borders
Blue-winged macawP. maracana
(Vieillot, 1816)
Genus Aratinga von Spix, 1824 – six species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Golden-capped parakeetA. auricapillus
(Kuhl, 1820)
Scattered populations in southeast Brazil, north of São Paulo
Jandaya parakeetA. jandaya
(Gmelin, 1788)
Eastern Brazil
Sulphur-breasted parakeetA. maculata
(Müller, 1776)
Scattered populations in Pará and Amapá (states in Brazil)
Nanday parakeetA. nenday
(Vieillot, 1823)
Central Paraguay, spilling over to the southeastern Bolivia/Brazil border
Sun parakeetA. solstitialis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Northwest Roraima (a state in Brazil), and along the Brazil/Venezuela/Guyana border
Dusky-headed parakeetA. weddellii
(Deville, 1851)
Eastern South America, east of the Andes, south of the Colombia/Peru border, and north of central Bolivia
Genus Eupsittula Bonaparte, 1853 – six species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Aztec parakeetE. astec
(de Souancé, 1857)
Middle America along the Caribbean Sea
Peach-fronted parakeetE. aurea
(Gmelin, 1788)
Brazil (excluding northwest Brazil), eastern Bolivia, and central Paraguay
Caatinga parakeetE. cactorum
(Kuhl, 1820)
The Caatinga region in Brazil
Orange-fronted parakeetE. canicularis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Middle America bordering the Pacific Ocean (excluding the Gulf of California), and introduced to Puerto Rico
Jamaican parakeetE. nana
(Vigors, 1830)
Jamaica
Brown-throated parakeetE. pertinax
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Northern South America and Panama, introduced to the British Virgin Islands and Dominica
Genus Psittacara Vigors, 1837 – 12 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Blue-crowned parakeetP. acuticaudatus
(Vieillot, 1818)
Northern Venezuela, southwest Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina (west of the Andes and excluding the coast), and the Caatinga
Socorro parakeetP. brevipes
(Lawrence, 1871)
Socorro Island
Hispaniolan parakeetP. chloropterus
de Souancé, 1856
Scattered areas in Hispaniola
Red-masked parakeetP. erythrogenys
Lesson, 1844
Ecuador and northern Peru, west of the Andes mountains
Cuban parakeetP. euops
(Wagler, 1832)
Scattered areas in Cuba
Finsch's parakeetP. finschi
(Salvin, 1871)
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and western Panama (along the Pacific Ocean)
Cordilleran parakeetP. frontatus
(Cabanis, 1846)
Peru west of the Andes mountains
Green parakeetP. holochlorus
(Sclater, 1859)
Mexico east of the Sierra Madre Oriental and west of the Sierra Madre Occidental, and Honduras and Guatemala bordering the Pacific Ocean
Guadeloupe parakeetP. labati
(Rothschild, 1905)
Formerly Guadeloupe until the mid-18th century
White-eyed parakeetP. leucophthalmus
(Müller, 1776)
Central South America and the northeast coast
Puerto Rican parakeetP. maugei
Souancé, 1856
Formerly Puerto Rico until the mid-19th century
Mitred parakeetP. mitratus
(von Tschudi, 1844)
Andes mountains in Bolivia, southern Peru, and northern Argentina
Red-throated parakeetP. rubritorquis
(Sclater, 1887)
Honduras, southern Guatemala, and northern Nicaragua, excluding the coasts
Pacific parakeetP. strenuus
(Ridgway, 1915)
western NicaraguaA green parrot
Scarlet-fronted parakeetP. wagleri
(Gray, 1845)
Andes mountains in Colombia and Venezuela
Genus Pionites (caiques) Heine, 1890 – four species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Green-thighed parrotP. leucogaster
(Kuhl, 1820)
North central Brazil
Black-legged parrotP. xanthomerius
(Sclater, 1858)
Northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, and western Brazil around the Peru/Brazil and Bolivia/Brazil borders
Yellow-tailed parrotP. xanthurus
(Todd, 1925)
Northwest Brazil
Black-headed parrotP. melanocephalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus Deroptyus Wagler, 1832 – one species

Tribe Forpini

Genus Forpus Bonaparte, 1857 – eight species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Pacific parrotletF. coelestis
(Lesson, 1847)
Ecuador and northern Peru, west of the Andes mountains
Spectacled parrotletF. conspicillatus
(de Lafresnaye, 1848)
Northern Colombia and eastern Panama
Mexican parrotletF. cyanopygius
(de Souancé, 1856)
Sierra Madre Occidental
Dusky-billed parrotletF. modestus
(Cabanis, 1849)
Northern Bolivia, northern and eastern Peru, southern Colombia, western Brazil, and the mouth of the Amazon river
Green-rumped parrotletF. passerinus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Northern Atlantic coast of South America, and introduced to Barbados and Jamaica
Turquoise-winged parrotletForpus spengeli
(Hartlaub, 1885)
Pacific coast of Colombia
Yellow-faced parrotletF. xanthops
(Salvin, 1895)
Marañón Valley, Peru
Cobalt-rumped parrotletF. xanthopterygius
(von Spix, 1824)
Eastern Brazil, central Bolivia, and Peru east of the Andes mountains
Riparian parrotletF. crassirostris
(Taczanowski, 1883)
Southeastern Colombia to western Brazil and northern Peru

Tribe Amoropsittacini

Genus Psilopsiagon Ridgway, 1912 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Mountain parakeetP. aurifrons
(Lesson, 1831)
Andes mountains in Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina
Gray-hooded parakeetP. aymara
(d'Orbigny, 1839)
Andes mountains in Bolivia and Argentina
Genus Bolborhynchus Bonaparte, 1857 – three species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Rufous-fronted parakeetB. ferrugineifrons
(Lawrence, 1880)
Andes mountains in southern Colombia
Barred parakeetB. lineola
(Cassin, 1853)
Andes mountains excluding those in Chile and Argentina, and the mountains of Central America
Andean parakeetB. orbygnesius
(de Souancé, 1856)
Andes mountains of Bolivia and Peru
Genus Nannopsittaca Ridgway, 1912 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Manu parrotletN. dachilleae
O'Neill, Munn, and Franke, 1991
Southern Peru, north of the Andes mountains, along the Peru/Bolivia border
Tepui parrotletN. panychlora
(Salvin and Godman, 1883)
Scattered in southern Venezuela
on top
Genus Touit Gray, 1855 – eight species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Lilac-tailed parrotletT. batavicus
(Boddaert, 1783)
Northern Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana
Scarlet-shouldered parrotletT. huetii
(Temminck, 1830)
Andes mountains in Peru and Ecuador, western Venezuela, northern Guyana, and north central Brazil
Red-fronted parrotletT. costaricensis
(Cory, 1913)
Mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama
Blue-fronted parrotletT. dilectissimus
(Sclater and Salvin, 1871)
Ecuador and Colombia west of the Andes mountains
Brown-backed parrotletT. melanonotus
(Wied-Neuwied, 1820)
Southeast coast of Brazil
Sapphire-rumped parrotletT. purpuratus
(Gmelin, 1788)
Northeast South America, stretching to the Peru/Colombia/Ecuador border
Spot-winged parrotletT. stictopterus
(Sclater, 1862)
Andes mountains in Ecuador
Golden-tailed parrotletT. surdus
(Kuhl, 1820)
Coast of Brazil, excluding the northeast coast

Tribe Androglossini

See main article: article and Androglossini.

Genus Pionopsitta Bonaparte, 1854 – one species
Genus Triclaria Wagler, 1832 – one species
Genus Pyrilia Bonaparte, 1856 – seven species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Bald parrotP. aurantiocephala
(Gaban-Lima, Raposo, and Hofling, 2002)
Lower Madeira and Upper Tapajós rivers
Orange-cheeked parrotP. barrabandi
(Kuhl, 1820)
Northwest South America east of the Andes mountains
Caica parrotP. caica
(Latham, 1790)
Roraima, Pará, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and eastern Venezuela
Brown-hooded parrotP. haematotis
(Sclater and Salvin, 1860)
Central America, excluding the mountain ranges
Rose-faced parrotP. pulchra
(von Berlepsch, 1897)
Ecuador and Colombia west of the Andes mountains
Saffron-headed parrotP. pyrilia
(Bonaparte, 1853)
Andes mountains in Colombia and western Venezuela
Vulturine parrotP. vulturina
(Kuhl, 1820)
Pará south of the Amazon river
Genus Pionus Wagler, 1832 – 8 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Bronze-winged parrotP. chalcopterus
(Fraser, 1841)
Andes mountains in Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela
Dusky parrotP. fuscus
(Müller, 1776)
Northeast South America and along the Colombia/Venezuela border west of Lake Maracaibo
Scaly-headed parrotP. maximiliani
(Kuhl, 1820)
Paraguay, southern Brazil, and east and central Bolivia
Blue-headed parrotP. menstruus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Northern and central South America, excluding the Andes
White-crowned parrotP. senilis
(von Spix, 1824)
Central America bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Sierra Madre Oriental
White-capped parrotP. seniloides
(Massena and de Souancé, 1854)
Andes mountains in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru
Red-billed parrotP. sordidus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Andes mountains in Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, northern Peru, and southern Colombia
Speckle-faced parrotP. tumultuosus
(von Tschudi, 1844)
Andes mountains in southern Peru and northern Bolivia
Genus Graydidascalus Bonaparte, 1854 – one species
Genus Alipiopsitta Caparroz and Pacheco, 2006 – one species
Genus Amazona (Amazon parrots) Lesson, 1830 – 35 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Turquoise-fronted amazonA. aestiva
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Paraguay, western Bolivia, northern Argentina, southern Brazil
Black-billed amazonA. agilis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Central Jamaica
White-fronted amazonA. albifrons
(Sparrman, 1788)
Northwest Costa Rica, western Nicaragua, western Honduras, Western Mexico, and the Yucatán Peninsula
Orange-winged amazonA. amazonica
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Northern South America and the southeast coast of Brazil
Red-necked amazonA. arausiaca
(Müller, 1776)
Central Dominica
Yellow-naped amazonA. auropalliata
(Lesson, 1842)
Pacific coast of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, northern Costa Rica, and southern Mexico
Red-lored amazonA. autumnalis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Central America, northern Colombia, and the Sierra Madre Oriental
Yellow-shouldered amazonA. barbadensis
(Gmelin, 1788)
Margarita Island, Blanquilla Island, Curaçao, Bonaire, and northern Venezuela
Red-tailed amazonA. brasiliensis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Southern coast of São Paulo
Yellow-billed amazonA. collaria
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Jamaica
Diademed amazonA. diadema
(von Spix, 1824)
Northeast Amazonas
Blue-cheeked amazonA. dufresniana
(Shaw, 1812)
Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, and east Venezuela
Festive amazonA. festiva
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Along the Amazon river
Lilac-crowned amazonA. finschi
(Sclater, 1864)
Pacific coast of Mexico
Mealy amazonA. farinosa
(Boddaert, 1783)
Central and South America
Saint Vincent amazonA. guildingii
(Vigors, 1837)
Northeast St Vincent and the Grenadines
Imperial amazonA. imperialis
Richmond, 1899
Dominica
Kawall's amazonA. kawalli
Grantsau and Camargo, 1989
Southern Amazonas and eastern Pará
Cuban amazonA. leucocephala
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Cuba, the Isle of Pines, Abaco Islands, Great Inagua, and the Cayman Islands
Lilacine amazonA. lilacina
(Lesson, 1844)
Ecuador west of the Andes mountains
Martinique amazonA. martinicana
Clark, 1905
Formerly Martinique until 1779
Scaly-naped amazonA. mercenarius
(von Tschudi, 1844)
Andes mountains in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Bolivia
Yellow-crowned amazonA. ochrocephala
(Gmelin, 1788)
Northern South America, east of the Andes
Yellow-headed amazonA. oratrix
Ridgway, 1887
Scattered coastal areas of southern Mexico
Red-spectacled amazonA. pretrei
(Temminck, 1830)
Scattered populations in central Rio Grande do Sul
Red-browed amazonA. rhodocorytha
(Salvadori, 1890)
Scattered populations along the southeast coastline of Brazil
Tucumán amazonA. tucumana
(Cabanis, 1885)
Andes mountains in northern Argentina and southern Bolivia
Hispaniolan amazonA. ventralis
(Müller, 1776)
Hispaniola, Grande Cayemite, Gonâve, Beata, and Saona Island, and introduced to Puerto Rico, St Croix, and St. Thomas Island
Saint Lucia amazonA. versicolor
(Müller, 1776)
St Lucia
Vinaceous-breasted amazonA. vinacea
(Kuhl, 1820)
Guadeloupe amazonA. violacea
(Gmelin, 1789)
Formerly Guadeloupe until 1779
Red-crowned amazonA. viridigenalis
(Cassin, 1853)
Sierra Madre Occidental
Puerto Rican amazonA. vittata
(Boddaert, 1783)

Former range left, current range right
Yucatán amazonA. xantholora
(Gray, 1859)
Yucatán Peninsula
Genus Hapalopsittaca Ridgway, 1912 – four species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Rusty-faced parrotH. amazonina
(des Murs, 1845)
Andes mountains in Colombia and Venezuela
Fuertes's parrotH. fuertesi
(Chapman, 1912)
Andes mountains in central Colombia
Black-winged parrotH. melanotis
(de Lafresnaye, 1847)
Andes mountains in northern Bolivia and central Peru
Red-faced parrotH. pyrrhops
(Salvin, 1876)
Andes mountains in southern Ecuador
Genus Brotogeris Vigors, 1825 – eight species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Yellow-chevroned parakeetB. chiriri
(Vieillot, 1818)
Southern Brazil, eastern Bolivia and Paraguay, and introduced to California around Los Angeles and San Francisco, and southern Florida
Golden-winged parakeetB. chrysoptera
(Linnaeus, 1766)
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, eastern Venezuela, and northeast Brazil
Cobalt-winged parakeetB. cyanoptera
(Pelzeln, 1870)
Northwest South America, east of the Andes mountains
Orange-chinned parakeetB. jugularis
(Müller, 1776)
Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, southern El Salvador and Guatemala, northern Colombia, and northwest Venezuela
Grey-cheeked parakeetB. pyrrhoptera
(Latham, 1801)
Ecuador, west of the Andes mountains
Tui parakeetB. sanctithomae
(Müller, 1776)
Northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, and along the Amazon river in Brazil
Plain parakeetB. tirica
(Gmelin, 1788)
Southern coast of Brazil
White-winged parakeetB. versicolurus
(Müller, 1776)
Along the Amazon river, and introduced to California around Los Angeles and San Francisco
Genus Myiopsitta Bonaparte, 1854 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Cliff parakeetM. luchsi
(Finsch, 1868)
Andes mountains in Bolivia
Monk parakeetM. monachus
(Boddaert, 1783)
Paraguay, Uruguay, and eastern Argentina, introduced to Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Japan, Virgin Islands, the southern and eastern United States, and western Europe

Family Psittaculidae

Subfamily Platycercinae

See main article: article and Platycercinae. Tribe Platycercini (broad-tailed parrots)

See main article: article and Platycercini.

Genus Platycercus (rosellas) Vigors, 1825 – six species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Western rosellaP. icterotis
(Temminck & Kuhl, 1820)
Southwest Australia
Crimson rosellaP. elegans
(Gmelin, 1788)
Green rosellaP. caledonicus
(Gmelin, 1788)
Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands
Pale-headed rosellaP. adscitus
(Latham, 1790)
Cape York Peninsula and northeastern New South Wales
Eastern rosellaP. eximius
(Shaw, 1792)
Eastern Australia and Tasmania, naturalized in New Zealand
Northern rosellaP. venustus
(Kuhl, 1820)
Western half of the Gulf of Carpentaria to the Kimberley
Genus Prosopeia (shining parrots) Bonaparte, 1854 – three species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Masked shining parrotP. personata
(Gray, 1848)
Viti Levu, the largest island of Fiji
Maroon shining parrotP. tabuensis,
(Gmelin, 1788)
Vanua Levu and Taveuni, which are two islands of Fiji
Crimson shining parrotP. splendens,
(Peale, 1849)
Kadavu and Ono, which are part of the Kadavu Group in Fiji
Genus Eunymphicus Peters, 1937 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Horned parakeetE. cornutus,
(Gmelin, 1788)
New Caledonia
Ouvea parakeetE. uvaeensis
(Layard, EL & Layard, ELC, 1882)
Uvea, an island of Loyalty Islands, and New Caledonia
Genus Cyanoramphus Bonaparte, 1854 – seven species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Yellow-crowned parakeetC. auriceps
(Kuhl, 1820)
New Zealand, Stewart Island, and Auckland Island
Malherbe's parakeetC. malherbi
de Souancé, 1857
South Island (of New Zealand)
Red-crowned parakeetC. novaezelandiae
(Sparrman, 1787)
New Zealand and several nearby islands, New Caledonia, and Norfolk Island
Society parakeetC. ulietanus
(Gmelin, 1788)
Formerly Raiatea, an island of the Society Islands in French Polynesia until 1777
Antipodes parakeetC. unicolor
(Lear, 1831)
Antipodes Islands of New Zealand
Black-fronted parakeetC. zealandicus
(Latham, 1790)
Formerly Tahiti and French Polynesia until 1844
Genus Barnardius Bonaparte 1854 – one species
Genus Purpureicephalus Bonaparte 1854 – one species
Genus Lathamus Lesson 1830 – one species
Genus Northiella Mathews 1912 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Eastern bluebonnetN. haematogaster
(Gould, 1838)
New South Wales and into Southern Australia and the southeastern corner of Western Australia
Naretha bluebonnetN. narethae
(HL White, 1921)
southeastern Western Australia, southwestern South Australia
Genus Psephotus Gould 1845 – one species
Genus Psephotellus Mathews 1913 – four species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Mulga parrotP. varius
(Clark, 1910)
Southern and central Australia
Hooded parrotP. dissimilis
(Collett, 1898)
Northern Territory
Golden-shouldered parrotP. chrysopterygius
(Gould, 1858)
Cape York Peninsula
Paradise parrotP. pulcherrimus
(Gould, 1845)
Formerly eastern Australia until 1928

Tribe Pezoporini
Bonaparte, 1837

See main article: article and Pezoporini.

Genus Neophema Salvadori 1891 – six species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Blue-winged parrotN. chrysostoma
(Kuhl, 1820)
Western New South Wales, eastern Southern Australia, and a resident population in Tasmania and the southern coast of New South Wales
Elegant parrotN. elegans
(Gould, 1837)
Rock parrotN. petrophila
(Gould, 1841)
Spencer Gulf, Peron Peninsula, and the southwest coast of Western Australia
Orange-bellied parrotN. chrysogaster
(Latham, 1790)
Melaleuca, Tasmania and they spend winter in the southern coast of Victoria
Turquoise parrotN. pulchella
(Shaw, 1792)
Scarlet-chested parrotN. splendida
(Gould, 1841)
Large patches in the southern half of Australia
Genus Neopsephotus Mathews 1912 – one species
Genus Pezoporus Illiger 1811 – three species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Night parrotP. occidentalis
(Gould, 1861)

Known locations since 1950
Ground parrotP. wallicus
(Kerr, 1792)

in orange

Subfamily Psittacellinae

See main article: article and Psittacellinae.

Genus Psittacella (tiger parrots) Schlegel 1871 – four species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Madarasz's tiger parrotP. madaraszi
Meyer, 1886
New Guinea Highlands
Modest tiger parrotP. modesta
Schlegel, 1871
New Guinea Highlands
Painted tiger parrotP. picta
Rothschild, 1896
New Guinea Highlands on the Papua New Guinea side
Brehm's tiger parrotP. brehmii
Schlegel, 1871
New Guinea Highlands

Subfamily Loriinae

See main article: article and Loriinae.

Tribe Loriini
Selby, 1836

Genus Chalcopsitta Bonaparte 1850 – three species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Black loryC. atra
(Scopoli, 1786)
West Papua
Brown loryC. duivenbodei
Dubois, 1884
Northern New Guinea
Yellow-streaked loryC. scintillata
(Temminck, 1835)
New Guinea, south of the New Guinea Highlands
Genus Eos Wagler 1832 – six species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Black-winged loryE. cyanogenia
Bonaparte, 1850
Schouten Islands
Violet-necked loryE. squamata
(Boddaert, 1783)
North Maluku
Blue-streaked loryE. reticulata
(Müller, 1841)
Banda Sea islands
Red-and-blue loryE. histrio
(Müller, 1776)
Talaud Islands
Red loryE. bornea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Seram Island, an island of the Maluka archipelago between the Banda and Ceram seas
Blue-eared loryE. semilarvata
Bonaparte, 1850
Central Pulua Seram, and island of the Maluka archipelago between the Banda and Ceram seas
Genus Pseudeos Peters 1935 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Dusky loryP. fuscata
(Blyth, 1858)
New Guinea
Cardinal loryP. cardinalis
(Gray, 1849)
Solomon Islands
Genus Trichoglossus Stephens 1826 – ten species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Rainbow lorikeetT. moluccanus
(Gmelin, 1788)
Eastern Australian coast, introduced to Perth
Sunset lorikeetT. forsteni
Bonaparte, 1850
Islands of Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Tanahjampea, and Kalaotoa
Leaf lorikeetT. weberi
(Büttikofer, 1894)
Flores
Marigold lorikeetT. capistratus
(Bechstein, 1811)
Timor
Coconut lorikeetT. haematodus
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia
Biak lorikeetT. rosenbergii
Schlegel, 1871
Biak, and island of the Schouten Islands
Red-collared lorikeetT. rubritorquis
Vigors and Horsfield, 1827
Northern Australia, excluding Cape York Peninsula
Olive-headed lorikeetT. euteles
(Temminck, 1835)
East Nusa Tenggara and Timor
Pohnpei lorikeetT. rubiginosus
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Pohnpei, and island of Micronesia
Scaly-breasted lorikeetT. chlorolepidotus
(Kuhl, 1820)
Eastern Australia
Genus Saudareos Joseph et al., 2020 – 5 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Yellow-cheeked lorikeetS. meyeri
(Walden, 1871)
Sulawesi
Mindanao lorikeetS. johnstoniae
(Hartert, 1903)
Mindanao, the second largest island of the Philippines
Sula lorikeetS. flavoviridis
Wallace, 1863
Sula Islands
Ornate lorikeetS. ornatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Sulawesi and surrounding islands
Iris lorikeetS. iris
(Temminck, 1835)
Timor
Genus Psitteuteles Bonaparte 1854 – one species
Genus Glossoptilus Rothschild and Hartert, 1896 – one species
Genus Lorius Vigors 1825 – six species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Chattering loryL. garrulus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
North Maluku
Purple-naped loryL. domicella
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Seram, Ambon, and possibly Haruku and Saparua of South Maluku
Black-capped loryL. lory
(Linnaeus, 1758)
New Guinea, excluding the New Guinea Highlands
Purple-bellied loryL. hypoinochrous
Gray, 1859
New Britain, New Ireland, and the eastern coastline of the Papuan Peninsula
White-naped loryL. albidinucha
(Rothschild and Hartert, 1924)
New Ireland
Yellow-bibbed loryL. chlorocercus
Gould, 1856
Southern Solomon Islands
Genus Vini Lesson, 1833 – 11 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Blue-crowned lorikeetV. australis
(Gmelin, 1788)
Various islands east of Fiji, including Samoa, and formerly Tonga and Wallis and Futuna
Kuhl's lorikeetV. kuhlii
(Vigors, 1824)
Washington Island, Fanning Island, and Christmas Island of Kiribati, and Rimatara of French Polynesia
Stephen's lorikeetV. stepheni
(North, 1908)
Henderson Island in the Pitcairn Islands (UK)
Blue lorikeetV. peruviana
(Müller, 1776)
Eastern French Polynesia, and formerly central French Polynesia
Ultramarine lorikeetV. ultramarina
(Kuhl, 1820)
Marquesas Islands
Collared loryV. solitaria
(Suckow, 1800)
Fiji
Meek's lorikeetV. meeki
(Rothschild and Hartert, 1901)
Bougainville Island and six islands of the Solomon Islands
Red-chinned lorikeetV. rubrigularis
(Sclater, 1881)
New Britain, New Ireland, New Hanover Island, and Karkar Island
New Caledonian lorikeetV. diadema
(Verreaux and des Murs, 1860)
Last official sighting in 1913 in New Caledonia
Red-throated lorikeetV. amabilis
(Ramsay, 1875)
Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni and Ovalau (islands of Fiji)
Palm lorikeetV. palmarum
(Gmelin, 1788)
Santa Cruz and Vanuatu
Genus Parvipsitta Mathews, 1916 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Purple-crowned lorikeetP. porphyrocephala
(Dietrichsen, 1837)
Little lorikeetP. pusilla
(Shaw, 1790)
Genus Glossopsitta Bonaparte, 1854 – one species
Genus Charminetta Iredale, 1956 – one species
Genus Hypocharmosyna Salvadori, 1891 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Red-fronted lorikeetH. rubronotataNorthern New Guinea and West Papua
Red-flanked lorikeetH. placentis
(Temminck, 1835)
New Guinea (excluding the New Guinea Highlands), North Maluku, Maluku, New Britain, New Ireland, and Bougainville Island
Genus Charmosynopsis Salvadori, 1877 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Blue-fronted lorikeetC. toxopei
(Siebers, 1930)
Buru of Maluku
Fairy lorikeetC. pulchella
(Gray, 1859)
New Guinea Highlands, West Papua, and Papuan Peninsula
Genus Synorhacma Joseph et al., 2020 – one species
Genus Charmosynoides Joseph et al., 2020 – one species
Genus Charmosyna Wagler, 1832 – 3 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Josephine's lorikeetC. josefinae
(Finsch, 1873)
New Guinea Highlands
West Papuan lorikeetC. papou
(Scopoli, 1786)
West Papua
Stella's lorikeetC. stellae
Meyer, 1886
West Papua
Genus Oreopsittacus Salvadori, 1877 – one species
Genus Neopsittacus Salvadori, 1875 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Yellow-billed lorikeetN. musschenbroekii
(Schlegel, 1871)
New Guinea Highlands
Orange-billed lorikeetN. pullicauda
Hartert, 1896
New Guinea Highlands

Tribe Melopsittacini

Genus Melopsittacus Gould, 1840 – one species

Tribe Cyclopsittini (fig parrots)

See main article: article and Cyclopsittini.

Genus Cyclopsitta Reichenbach, 1850 – four species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Blue-fronted fig parrotC. gulielmitertii
(Schlegel, 1866)
Salawati and the Bird's Head Peninsula in New Guinea
Black-fronted fig parrotC. nigrifrons
Reichenow, 1891
northern New Guinea
Dusky-cheeked fig parrotC. melanogenia
(Rosenberg, HKB, 1866)
southern New Guinea and Aru Island
Double-eyed fig parrotC. diophthalma
(Hombron and Jacquinot, 1841)
Aru Islands, Waigeo, New Guinea, and the eastern coast of Cape York Peninsula
Genus Psittaculirostris G. R. Gray and J. E. Gray, 1859 – three species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Large fig parrotP. desmarestii
(Desmarest, 1826)
West Papua
Edwards's fig parrotP. edwardsii
(Oustalet, 1885)
Northern coast of Papua New Guinea
Salvadori's fig parrotP. salvadorii
(Oustalet, 1880)
Northern coast of Papua Province

Subfamily Agapornithinae

See main article: article and Agapornithinae.

Genus Agapornis (lovebirds) Selby, 1836 – nine species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Rosy-faced lovebirdA. roseicollis
(Vieillot, 1818)
Yellow-collared lovebirdA. personatus
Fischer's lovebirdA. fischeri
Reichenow, 1887
Lilian's lovebirdA. lilianae
Shelley, 1894
Black-cheeked lovebirdA. nigrigenis
Sclater, 1906
Gray-headed lovebirdA. canus
(Gmelin, 1788)
Coast of Madagascar and formerly Comoros
Female left, male right
Black-winged lovebirdA. taranta
(Smith-Stanley, 1814)
Ethiopia and central Eritrea
Red-headed lovebirdA. pullarius
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Sub-Saharan Africa north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and around the Gulf of Guinea
Black-collared lovebirdA. swindernianus
(Kuhl, 1820)
Genus Loriculus (hanging parrots) Blyth, 1849 – 15 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Moluccan hanging parrotL. amabilis
Wallace, 1862
North Maluku
Orange-fronted hanging parrotL. aurantiifrons
Schlegel, 1871
New Guinea, excluding the New Guinea Highlands
Sri Lanka hanging parrotL. beryllinus
(Pennant, 1781)
Southern Sri Lanka
Sangihe hanging parrotL. catamene
Schlegel, 1871
Sangihe Islands
Pygmy hanging parrotL. exilis
Schlegel, 1866
Sulawesi
Wallace's hanging parrotL. flosculus
Wallace, 1864
Flores
Blue-crowned hanging parrotL. galgulus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Sumatra, Borneo and the Malay Peninsula
Sula hanging parrotL. sclateri
Wallace, 1863
Taliabu, Peleng, and smaller, nearby islands
Great hanging parrotL. stigmatus
(Müller, 1843)
Sulawesi
Bismarck hanging parrotL. tener
Sclater, 1877
New Britain, New Ireland, and New Hanover
Philippine hanging parrotL. philippensis
(Müller, 1776)
The Philippines
Black-billed hanging parrotL. bonapartei
Souancé, 1856
Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines
Camiguin hanging parrotL. camiguinensis
Tello, Degner, Bates & Willard, 2006
Camiguin of the Philippines
Yellow-throated hanging parrotL. pusillus
Gray, 1859
Java and Bali
Vernal hanging parrotL. vernalis
(Sparrman, 1787)
Indochina (excluding the Malay Peninsula), and the Eastern and Western Ghats
Genus Bolbopsittacus Salvadori 1891 – one species

Subfamily Psittaculinae

See main article: article and Psittaculinae. Tribe Polytelini

See main article: article.

Genus Alisterus (king parrots) Mathews, 1911 – three species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Moluccan king parrotA. amboinensis
(Linnaeus, 1766)
West Papua, Maluku, North Maluku, Buru Island, and the Banggai Islands
Australian king parrotA. scapularis
(Lichtenstein, 1818)
Eastern coast of Australia
Papuan king parrotA. chloropterus
(Ramsay, 1879)
New Guinea, excluding West Papua and the New Guinea Highlands
Genus Aprosmictus Gould, 1842 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Jonquil parrotA. jonquillaceus
(Vieillot, 1818)
Timor
Red-winged parrotA. erythropterus
(Gmelin, 1788)
Genus Polytelis Wagler, 1832 – three species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Superb parrotP. swainsonii
(Desmarest, 1826)
Central New South Wales
Regent parrotP. anthopeplus
(Lear, 1831)
Southwest Western Australia and southwest New South Wales and northwest Victoria
Princess parrotP. alexandrae
Gould, 1863
Central Australia

Tribe Psittaculini

See main article: article and Psittaculini.

Genus Prioniturus (racket-tails) Wagler, 1842 – nine species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Montane racket-tailP. montanus
Ogilvie-Grant, 1895
Luzon
Mindanao racket-tailP. waterstradti
Rothschild, 1904
Mindanao, an island of the Philippines
Blue-headed racket-tailP. platenae
Blasius, 1888
Palawan, an island chain of the Philippines
Green racket-tailP. luconensis
Steere, 1890
Luzon and Marinduque
Blue-crowned racket-tailP. discurus
(Vieillot, 1822)
Central and southern Philippines
Mindoro racket-tailP. mindorensis
Steere, 1890
Mindoro, an island of the Philippines
Blue-winged racket-tailP. verticalis
Sharpe, 1893
Sulu Archipelago
Yellow-breasted racket-tailP. flavicans
Cassin, 1853
Northern Sulawesi
Golden-mantled racket-tailP. platurus
(Vieillot, 1818)
Sulawesi and the Sula Islands
Buru racket-tailP. mada
Hartert, 1900
Genus Eclectus Wagler, 1832 – five species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Moluccan eclectusE. roratus
(Müller, 1776)
Maluku, North Maluku
Sumba eclectusE. cornelia
Bonaparte, 1850
Sumba
Tanimbar eclectusE. riedeli
AB Meyer, 1882
Tanimbar Islands
Papuan eclectusE. polychloros
(Scopoli, 1786)
from Kai Islands and western islands of the West Papua province in the west, across the island of New Guinea to the Trobriands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, and Louisiade Archipelago
Oceanic eclectusE. infectus
Steadman, 2006
Formerly Tonga and possibly Malakula until the late 1700s
Genus Geoffroyus Bonaparte, 1850 – four species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Red-cheeked parrotG. geoffroyi
(Bechstein, 1811)
New Guinea (excluding the New Guinea Highlands), Maluku, North Maluku, Buru Island, Aru Islands, Timor, and the Lesser Sunda Islands
Blue-collared parrotG. simplex
(Meyer, 1874)
New Guinea Highlands and West Papua
Song parrotG. heteroclitus
(Hombron and Jacquinot, 1841)
New Britain, New Ireland, New Hanover, and the Solomon Islands
Rennell parrotG. hyacinthinus
(Mayr, 1931)
Rennell Island, an island of the Solomon Islands
Genus Tanygnathus Wagler, 1832 – four species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Great-billed parrotT. megalorynchos
(Boddaert, 1783)
North Maluku, Maluku, Buru Island, Tanimbar Islands, East Nusa Tenggara, and Sumba
Blue-naped parrotT. lucionensis
(Linnaeus, 1766)
The Philippines
Blue-backed parrotT. sumatranus
(Raffles, 1822)
The Philippines, Sulawesi, and Taliabu
Black-lored parrotT. gramineus
(Gmelin, 1788)
Buru Island
Genus Psittinus Blyth, 1842 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Blue-rumped parrotP. cyanurus
(Forster, 1795)
Borneo, Sumatra, the Mentawai Islands, Bangka Island, Riau Archipelago, the Lingga Islands, and the Malay Peninsula
Simeulue parrotP. abbotti
Richmond, 1902
Simeulue and the Siumat Islands
Genus Psittacula Cuvier, 1800 – fifteen species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Newton's parakeetP. exsul
(Newton, 1872)
Formerly Rodrigues, an island of Mauritius until 1875
Echo parakeetP. eques
(Boddaert, 1783)
Southwest corner of Mauritius and formerly Réunion
Rose-ringed parakeetP. krameri
(Scopoli, 1769)
Alexandrine parakeetP. eupatria
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Eastern India, Western Ghats, the Himalayas, Indochina, and introduced to Bahrain and southwest Iran
Seychelles parakeetP. wardi
(Newton, 1867)
Formerly Mahé, Praslin, and Silhouette Island until 1883
Plum-headed parakeetP. cyanocephala
(Linnaeus, 1766)
India, Sri Lanka, and the Himalayas
Blossom-headed parakeetP. roseata
Biswas, 1951
Indochina (excluding Malaysia) and the eastern Himalayas
Slaty-headed parakeetP. himalayana
(Lesson, 1831)
the Himalayas
Gray-headed parakeetP. finschii
(Hume, 1874)
Indochina, excluding Thailand and Malaysia
Blue-winged parakeetP. columboides
(Vigors, 1830)
Western Ghats
Layard's parakeetP. calthrapae
(Blyth, 1849)
Southern Sri Lanka
Lord Derby's parakeetP. derbiana
(Fraser, 1852)
Southern China near the China/India and China/Myanmar border
Red-breasted parakeetP. alexandri
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Indochina (excluding central Thailand) and the Himalayas
Nicobar parakeetP. caniceps
(Blyth, 1846)
Nicobar Islands which is northwest of Sumatra
Long-tailed parakeetP. longicauda
(Boddaert, 1783)
Sumatra, coasts of Borneo, tip of the Malay Peninsula
Mascarene grey parakeetP. bensoni
(Holyoak, 1973)
Formerly Mauritius until 1764
Genus Lophopsittacus Cuvier, 1800 – two species
Genus Necropsittacus Milne-Edwards, 1874 – one species

Tribe Micropsittini

See main article: article and Micropsittini.

Genus Micropsitta (pygmy parrots) Lesson, 1831 – six species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Buff-faced pygmy parrotM. pusio
(Sclater, 1866)
Yellow-capped pygmy parrotM. keiensis
(Salvadori, 1876)
Southern New Guinea, the Aru Islands, coast of West Papua, and the Raja Ampat Islands
Geelvink pygmy parrotM. geelvinkiana
(Schlegel, 1871)
Biak-Supiori and Numfor (islands of the Baik Island)
Meek's pygmy parrotM. meeki
Rothschild and Hartert, 1914
Admiralty Islands and the St Matthias Islands
Finsch's pygmy parrotM. finschii
(Ramsay, 1881)
Red-breasted pygmy parrotM. bruijnii
(Salvadori, 1875)
New Guinea Highlands, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville Island, Kolombangara Island, Guadalcanal, West Papua, and Maruku

Family Psittrichasiidae

See main article: article and Psittrichasiidae.

Subfamily Coracopsinae

See main article: article and Coracopsinae.

Genus Coracopsis (vasa parrots) Wagler, 1832 – three species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Greater vasa parrotC. vasa
(Shaw, 1812)
The coasts of Madagascar and Comoros (excluding Mayotte)
Lesser vasa parrotC. nigra
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Madagascar
Seychelles black parrotC. barklyi
Newton, 1867
Praslin and possibly Curieuse Island

Subfamily Psittrichasinae

See main article: article and Psittrichasinae.

Genus Psittrichas Lesson, 1831 – one species

Cockatoos

See main article: article.

Family Cacatuidae

Subfamily Nymphicinae

See main article: article.

Genus Nymphicus Wagler, 1832 – one species

Subfamily Calyptorhynchinae

See main article: article and Calyptorhynchinae.

Genus Calyptorhynchus Desmarest, 1826 – two species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Red-tailed black cockatooC. banksii
(Latham, 1790)
Glossy black cockatooC. lathami
(Temminck, 1807)
Genus Zanda Mathews, 1913 – three species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
Baudin's black cockatooZ. baudinii
(Lear, 1832)
Yellow-tailed black cockatooZ. funerea
(Shaw, 1794)

Z. f. funereus in red, Z. f. xanthanotus in green
Carnaby's black cockatooZ. latirostris
(Carnaby, 1948)

Subfamily Cacatuinae

See main article: article and Cacatuinae.

Tribe Microglossini

See main article: article and Microglossini.

Genus Probosciger Kuhl, 1820 – one species

Tribe Cacatuini

See main article: article and Cacatuini.

Genus Callocephalon Lesson, 1837 – one species
Genus Eolophus Bonaparte, 1854 – one species
Genus Cacatua Vieillot, 1817 – 12 species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
White cockatooC. alba
(Müller, 1776)
North Maluku
Solomons cockatooC. ducorpsii
Pucheran, 1853
Solomon Islands
Sulphur-crested cockatooC. galerita
(Latham, 1790)

Native range in red, introduced range in violet
Tanimbar corellaC. goffiniana
Roselaar and Michels, 2004
Yamdena and Larat of the Tanimbar Islands, and introduced to the Kai Islands
Red-vented cockatooC. haematuropygia
(Müller, 1776)
The Philippines
Major Mitchell's cockatooC. leadbeateri
(Vigors, 1831)
Salmon-crested cockatooC. moluccensis
(Gmelin, 1788)
Seram, Ambon Island, Saparua and Haruku Island
Blue-eyed cockatooC. ophthalmica
Sclater, 1864
Western corellaC. pastinator
(Gould, 1841)
Southwest Australian coast
Little corellaC. sanguinea
Gould, 1843
Australia, excluding Cape York Peninsula and west central Australia, and introduced to Tasmania
Yellow-crested cockatooC. sulphurea
(Gmelin, 1788)

Native range in blue, introduced range in red
Long-billed corellaC. tenuirostris
(Kuhl, 1820)
New South Wales, excluding the eastern coast

New Zealand parrots

See main article: article and New Zealand parrot.

Family Nestoridae

See main article: article and Nestoridae.

Genus Nestor Lesson, 1830 – three species
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List StatusRangePicture
New Zealand kākāN. meridionalis
(Gmelin, 1788)
Norfolk kākāN. productus
(Gould, 1836)
Formerly Norfolk Island and Phillip Island until 1851
KeaN. notabilis
Gould, 1856

Family Strigopidae

See main article: article and Strigopidae.

Genus Strigops Gray, 1845 – one species

See also

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