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Psittacidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 177405

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Psittacinae
 
  Common Name(s): Macaws [English]
  
    Parrots [English]
  
    aras [French]
  
    perroquets [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPsittaciformes  – Parrots, perroquets  
                            FamilyPsittacidae  – Macaws, Parrots, aras, perroquets  
    Direct Children:  
                               Genus Alipiopsitta Caparroz & Pacheco, 2006  
                               Genus Amazona R. Lesson, 1830 – Amazon Parrots 
                               Genus Anodorhynchus von Spix, 1824  
                               Genus Ara Lacépède, 1799  
                               Genus Aratinga von Spix, 1824 – Parakeets 
                               Genus Bolborhynchus Bonaparte, 1857  
                               Genus Brotogeris Vigors, 1825 – Canary-winged Parakeets 
                               Genus Conuropsis Salvadori, 1891 – Carolina Parakeets 
                               Genus Cyanoliseus Bonaparte, 1854  
                               Genus Cyanopsitta Bonaparte, 1854  
                               Genus Deroptyus Wagler, 1832  
                               Genus Diopsittaca Ridgway, 1912  
                               Genus Enicognathus G. R. Gray, 1840  
                               Genus Eupsittula Bonaparte, 1853  
                               Genus Forpus F. Boie, 1858  
                               Genus Graydidascalus Bonaparte, 1854  
                               Genus Guaruba R. Lesson, 1830  
                               Genus Hapalopsittaca Ridgway, 1912  
                               Genus Leptosittaca von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894  
                               Genus Myiopsitta Bonaparte, 1854 – Monk Parakeets 
                               Genus Nannopsittaca Ridgway, 1912  
                               Genus Ognorhynchus Bonaparte, 1857  
                               Genus Orthopsittaca Ridgway, 1912  
                               Genus Pionites Heine, 1890  
                               Genus Pionopsitta Bonaparte, 1854  
                               Genus Pionus Wagler, 1832  
                               Genus Poicephalus Swainson, 1837  
                               Genus Primolius Bonaparte, 1857  
                               Genus Psilopsiagon Ridgway, 1912  
                               Genus Psittacara Vigors, 1825  
                               Genus Psittacus Linnaeus, 1758  
                               Genus Pyrilia Bonaparte, 1856  
                               Genus Pyrrhura Bonaparte, 1856  
                               Genus Rhynchopsitta Bonaparte, 1854 – Thick-billed Parrots 
                               Genus Thectocercus Ridgway, 1912  
                               Genus Touit G. R. Gray, 1855  
                               Genus Triclaria Wagler, 1832  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Psittacidae    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Psittacidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: aras[French], perroquets [French]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 13.2), website (version 13.2), website (version 13.2)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Gill, Frank, David Donsker & Pamela Rasmussen, eds. 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 November, 2023]   
  Reference for: Psittacidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Psittacidae   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2020.06.09, website (version 09-Jun-20)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Psittacidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Psittacidae, Macaws [English], Parrots [English]   
       

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