What is Parrot?
{{automatic taxobox |name = Parrots |fossil_range = [[Eocene]]–[[Holocene]] {{fossil range|50|0}} <imagemap> File:Parrot montage.jpg|300px|alt=A montage of six different types of parrot. Clockwise from top to bottom, these are two images of a large, squat, dull-green parrot; a skinny black parrot similar to a crow; a blue-black parrot with red cheeks and a large, hooked bill; a blue and yellow parrot with a hooked black beak and a white face; and a small, bright green parrot with a yellow collar and a black face.|Clockwise top to bottom: the Kakapo and the Kea, both found in [[New Zealand]], the Lesser vasa parrot endemic to [[Madagascar]], the Palm cockatoo, the [[South America]]n blue-and-yellow macaw, and the [[Australia]]n ringneck. rect 0 0 330 230 [[Kakapo]] rect 0 450 330 0 [[Australian ringneck]] rect 0 690 330 0 [[Blue-and-yellow macaw]] rect 660 0 330 230 [[Kea]] rect 660 450 330 0 [[Lesser vasa parrot]] rect 660 690 330 0 [[Palm cockatoo]] </imagemap> |taxon = Psittaciformes |authority = [[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1830 |subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies |subdivision ={{ubl|[[Cacatuoidea]] (cockatoos)| [[Psittacoidea]] (true parrots)| [[Strigopoidea]] (New Zealand parrots)}} | range_map = Parrot range.png | range_map_caption = Range of parrots, all species (red) }} [[File:Papagaio (Fêmea) REFON 010907.jpg|thumb|right|''Papagaio'' female, [[Brasil]]]] '''Parrots''' are [[bird]]s of the [[order (biology)|order]] '''Psittaciformes'''. There are about 372 [[species]] in 86 [[genera]]. They are found in most [[tropics|tropical]] and subtropical regions. The greatest [[biodiversity|diversity]] of parrots is found in [[South America]] and [[Australasia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Psittacine |work=American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 4th ed |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |year=2000 |url=http://www.bartleby.com/61/21/P0632100.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827104100/http://www.bartleby.com/61/21/P0632100.html |archive-date=2007-08-27 |access-date=2007-09-09}}</ref>