Aves - Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
Full reference: C. Illiger. 1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium
Parent taxon: Psittaciformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2022, Olson 1985, Tambussi et al. 2023, Waterhouse 2006, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Cacatuidae, Halcyornithidae, Messelasturidae, Mopsitta, Nestoridae, Panpsittaciformes, Platycercidae, Psittaculidae, Quercypsittidae, Strigopidae, Strigopoidea
Subtaxa: Agapornithinae Amazona Ara Aratinga Archaeopsittacus Arinae Conuropsis Conurus Coracopseinae Cyanoliseus Eupsittula Forpus Platycercinae Psittacara Psittacellinae Psittacinae Psittacus lartetianus Psittrichasinae Xenopsitta
Ecology: volant granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (2 collections), Argentina (2), Australia (4), the Bahamas (7), Cayman Islands (1), Cuba (1), Ecuador (1), Guadeloupe (1), Haiti (1), Madagascar (7), Mexico (1), Montserrat (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (4), United States (3: Florida, Illinois, New Mexico)
• Pliocene of Morocco (1)
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 41 collections including 48 occurrences