Old World Parrots

The Psittaculidae family, which includes Old World parrots, is made up of five subfamilies: Agapornithinae, Loriinae, Platycercinae, Psittacellinae, and Psittaculinae. Recognized officially by The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World since 2014 and also by the IOC World Bird List, this group encompasses a diverse range of 192 species dispersed across 53 different genera. These species exhibit a variety of adaptations suited to their environments across the Old World regions.

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Accentors African & New World Parrots Albatrosses Auks Austral Storm Petrels Barn Owls Bee-eaters Bulbuls Buntings Bustards Caracaras, Falcons Cardinals & Allies Chats, Old World Flycatchers Cisticolas & Allies Cockatoos Cormorants, Shags Coursers, Pratincoles Cranes Crows, Jays Cuckoos Ducks, Geese, Swans Figbirds, Orioles, Turnagra Finches, Euphonias Flamingos Frigatebirds Gannets, Boobies Goldcrests, Kinglets Grassbirds & Allies Grebes Guineafowl Gulls, Terns, Skimmers Herons, Bitterns Hoopoes Hummingbirds Ibises, Spoonbills Indigobirds, Whydahs Jacanas Kingfishers Kites, Hawks, Eagles Larks Laughingthrushes & Allies Leaf Warblers & Allies Longspurs, Snow Buntings Loons Mockingbirds, Thrashers New World Sparrows New World Vultures New World Warblers Nightjars Northern Storm Petrels Nuthatches Old World Parrots Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches Oropendolas, Orioles, Blackbirds Ospreys Owls Oystercatchers Pelicans Penduline Tits Penguins Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels Pheasants & Allies Pigeons, Doves Plovers Rails, Crakes & Coots Reed Warblers & Allies Rollers Sandgrouse Sandpipers, Snipes Sheathbills Shrikes Skuas Starlings, Rhabdornis Stilts, Avocets Stone-curlews, Thick-knees Storks Swallows, Martins Swifts Sylviid Babblers Tanagers & Allies Thrushes Tits, Chickadees Treecreepers Tropicbirds Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers Wagtails, Pipits Waxbills, Munias & Allies Waxwings Weavers, Widowbirds Woodpeckers Wrens Yellow-breasted Chat

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