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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:  
                               GenusAlipiopsitta Caparroz & Pacheco, 2006  
                               GenusAmazona R. Lesson, 1830 – Amazon Parrots 
                               GenusAnodorhynchus von Spix, 1824  
                               GenusAra Lacépède, 1799  
                               GenusAratinga von Spix, 1824 – Parakeets 
                               GenusBolborhynchus Bonaparte, 1857  
                               GenusBrotogeris Vigors, 1825 – Canary-winged Parakeets 
                               GenusConuropsis Salvadori, 1891 – Carolina Parakeets 
                               GenusCyanoliseus Bonaparte, 1854  
                               GenusCyanopsitta Bonaparte, 1854  
                               GenusDeroptyus Wagler, 1832  
                               GenusDiopsittaca Ridgway, 1912  
                               GenusEnicognathus G. R. Gray, 1840  
                               GenusEupsittula Bonaparte, 1853  
                               GenusForpus F. Boie, 1858  
                               GenusGraydidascalus Bonaparte, 1854  
                               GenusGuaruba R. Lesson, 1830  
                               GenusHapalopsittaca Ridgway, 1912  
                               GenusLeptosittaca von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894  
                               GenusMyiopsitta Bonaparte, 1854 – Monk Parakeets 
                               GenusNannopsittaca Ridgway, 1912  
                               GenusOgnorhynchus Bonaparte, 1857  
                               GenusOrthopsittaca Ridgway, 1912  
                               GenusPionites Heine, 1890  
                               GenusPionopsitta Bonaparte, 1854  
                               GenusPionus Wagler, 1832  
                               GenusPoicephalus Swainson, 1837  
                               GenusPrimolius Bonaparte, 1857  
                               GenusPsilopsiagon Ridgway, 1912  
                               GenusPsittacara Vigors, 1825  
                               GenusPsittacus Linnaeus, 1758  
                               GenusPyrilia Bonaparte, 1856  
                               GenusPyrrhura Bonaparte, 1856  
                               GenusRhynchopsitta Bonaparte, 1854 – Thick-billed Parrots 
                               GenusThectocercus Ridgway, 1912  
                               GenusTouit G. R. Gray, 1855  
                               GenusTriclaria 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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