Psittacella
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The tiger-parrots, Psittacella are a genus of parrot
in the Psittacidae family. It contains the following species, all of which are endemic to the island of New Guinea
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Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...
in the Psittacidae family. It contains the following species, all of which are endemic to the island of New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
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- Madarasz's Tiger Parrot (Psittacella madaraszi)
- Modest Tiger Parrot (Psittacella modesta)
- Painted Tiger Parrot (Psittacella picta)
- Brehm's Tiger ParrotBrehm's Tiger ParrotBrehm's Tiger Parrot, Psittacella brehmii, is also known as Brehm's Ground Parrot. It is a small mainly green parrot found in the highlands of New Guinea, from 1,500-2,600m . The species is named after Alfred Brehm , a German traveller and collector.-Taxonomy:There are four subspecies occurring...
(Psittacella brehmii)