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True parrots

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True parrots
Psittacula krameri (Rose-ringed parakeet)
Scientific classification
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Superfamily:
Psittacoidea
Family:
Psittacidae

Illiger, 1811
Subfamily

Loriinae (lories and lorikeets)
Psittacinae (typical parrots and allies)

The true parrots are about 330 species belonging to the Psittacoidae superfamily, one of the three superfamilies in the biological order Psittaciformes (parrots).

The other superfamilies are the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots). True parrots are more widespread than cockatoos, with species in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and eastwards across the Pacific Ocean as far as Polynesia.