Parrots are highly colored, beautiful birds that are very popular as pets. They are in the order of Psittaciformes with true parrots being in the family Psittacidae with about 330 species. The different tribes in the family are listed below. The species with photographs are highlighted in red.
Tribe Lorini (lories and lorikeets)
Tribe Psittacinae (typical parrots and allies)
Tribe Arini (American psittacines)
Tribe Cyclopsittacini (fig parrots)
Tribe Micropsittini (pygmy parrots)
Tribe Neophemini
Australian Turquoisine Parrot
Tribe Platycercini (broad-tailed parrots) paraphyletic
Tribe Psittrichadini (Pesquet's Parrot)
Tribe Psittacini (African psittacines) paraphyletic
African Grey Parrot
Tribe Psittaculini (Asian psittacines) paraphyletic
Australian King Parrot
Eclecdtus Parrot
Red-winged Parrot
Suberb Parrot