The red-fronted parrot, also known as Jardine’s parrot, is a medium-sized mainly green parrot distributed across wide areas of Africa. It has three subspecies. The extent and…

Meyer’s parrot (Poicephalus meyeri), also known as the brown parrot,[2] is a species of parrot native to Africa. A Meyer’s parrot has grey feathers, turquoise belly, blue rump, and bright…

The New Zealand parrot family, Strigopidae,[1] consists of at least three genera of parrots – Nestor, Strigops, the fossil Nelepsittacus,[2][3] and probably the fossil Heracles.[4] The genus Nestor consists of the kea, kākā, Norfolk kākā and Chatham kākā,[5][6] while the genus Strigops contains the iconic kākāpō.[5] All extant species are endemic to New Zealand.[7] The…

The pink cockatoo, also known as Major Mitchell’s cockatoo or Leadbeater’s cockatoo, is a medium-sized cockatoo that inhabits arid and semi-arid inland areas across Australia, with the exception of…

The gang-gang cockatoo is a parrot found in the cooler and wetter forests and woodlands of Australia, particularly alpine bushland. It is the only species placed in the genus Callocephalon….

Cacatua is a genus of cockatoos found from the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands to Australia. They have a primarily white plumage, an…

Described by French naturalist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest in 1826, the genus Calyptorhynchus has two species of cockatoos. They are all mostly black in colour, and the taxa…

The cockatiel, also known as the weero/weiro or quarrion, is a medium-sized parrot that is a member of its own branch of the cockatoo family endemic to Australia. They…

A cockatoo is any of the 21 species of parrots belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea and the Strigopoidea,…

Psittaculini is a tribe of parrots of the family Psittaculidae. The subdivisions within the tribe are controversial.