The budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) is a small seed-eating parrot usually nicknamed the budgie ( BUJ-ee), or in American English, the parakeet. It is closely related to lories and fig parrots. The origin of the budgerigar's name is unclear....
The Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) is a species of parrot found in Australia. In many places, including campsites and suburban gardens, wild lorikeets are so used to humans that they can be hand-fed. The Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in...
The Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) is one of the few parrot species that have successfully adapted to living in disturbed habitats. As a popular pet species, escaped birds have colonized a number of cities around the world, including...
The red-breasted parakeet (Psittacula alexandri ) is among the more widespread species of the genus and is the species which has the most geographical variations. It is easily identified by the large red patch on its breast. An alternative name is...
The coconut lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus ) also known as the green-naped lorikeet is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae. Seven species of lorikeets now recognised were once lumped together under Trichoglossus haematodus.
The red-collared lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis ) is a species of parrot found in wooded habitats in northern Australia (north-eastern Western Australia, northern Northern Territory and far north-western Queensland). It was previously...
The scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus ) is an Australian lorikeet found in woodland in eastern Australia. The common name aptly describes this bird, which has yellow breast feathers broadly edged with green that look like scales.
Pesquet's parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus) is a large unique-looking parrot that can be found only in New Guinea. It is the only member of its genus. The Pesquet's parrot is also known as the Vulture parrot due to its vulture-like appearance.
The Moluccan eclectus (Eclectus roratus) is unusual in the parrot family for its extreme difference in the colors of the plumage between the male and the female. Joseph Forshaw, in his book Parrots of the World, noted that the first European...
The Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria) is a medium-sized parrot from South and Southeast Asia. It is named after Alexander the Great, who transported numerous birds from Punjab to various European and Mediterranean countries and regions,...
Lord Derby's parakeet (Psittacula derbiana ), also known as Derbyan parakeet, is a parrot species, which is confined to a small pocket of moist evergreen forest in the hills and mountains of the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, and...
The oceanic eclectus parrot (Eclectus infectus ) is an extinct parrot species which occurred on Tonga, Vanuatu and possibly on Fiji. Its only living relative is the eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus ), which has proportionally larger wings than the...
The eastern bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster ), also known as the greater bluebonnet, is an Australian parrot, one of two species in the genus Northiella. It was originally included in the genus Psephotus but due to distinctive physical and...
The ornate lorikeet (Saudareos ornata ), sometimes named the ornate lory, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to the Sulawesi archipelago in Indonesia. It is found in forest, woodland, mangrove and plantations, and is...
The sunset lorikeet (Trichoglossus forsteni ), also known as the scarlet-breasted lorikeet or Forsten's lorikeet, is a species of parrot that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Tanah Jampea (between Sulawesi and Flores),...
The marigold lorikeet or Sumba lorikeet (Trichoglossus capistratus ) is a species of parrot that is endemic to the south-east Asian islands of Sumba, Rote, Wetar and Kisar (Indonesia) and Timor (Indonesia and East Timor). It was previously...
The Nicobar parakeet (Psittacula caniceps ), also known as the Blyth's parakeet, is a parrot in the genus Psittacula, endemic to the Nicobar Islands of the Indian Ocean. It is one of the largest parakeets, measuring 56 to 60 cm from the top of the...
The olive-headed lorikeet (Trichoglossus euteles ), also called the perfect lorikeet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.It is found in forest, woodland and cultivated areas on Timor and smaller nearby islands.
The Pohnpei lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubiginosus ), known as serehd in Pohnpeian, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to the island of Pohnpei and the nearby Ahnd Atoll in Micronesia. Historically the species also...
The Mindanao lorikeet or Mount Apo lorikeet (Saudareos johnstoniae ) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. There are two very similar subspecies, which are both endemic to Mindanao, Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or...
The Biak lorikeet (Trichoglossus rosenbergii ), also known as Rosenberg's lorikeet, is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae. Formerly lumped in with Trichoglossus haematodus, it is endemic to the twin islands of Biak and Superiori in the Papua...
The iris lorikeet (Saudareos iris ) is a small, up to 20 cm long, green lorikeet bird. The male has a red forehead, yellow nape, purple band back from eye between nape and cheek, and yellowish below. The female almost similar with red-marked green...
Citrine lorikeet has been split into the following species: Sula lorikeet, Saudareos flavoviridis Yellow-cheeked lorikeet, Saudareos meyeri
The leaf lorikeet (Trichoglossus weberi ), also known as the Flores lorikeet or Weber's lorikeet, is a species of parrot that is endemic to the Indonesian island of Flores. It was previously considered a subspecies of the rainbow lorikeet, but...
The Naretha bluebonnet, or Naretha Parrot, is a bird found in a remote and arid region of Australia. Northiella narethae is one of two species in the genus Northiella, it was first recorded in 1921 in Central Australia.
