#psittaculiformes

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Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri), mother with chicks, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, India

photographs by Kalyanacharya Wildlife

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Dracula Parrot aka Pesquet’s Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, endemic to New Guinea

photograph by Martin Mecnarowski

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Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala), male, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, Rajashthan Ranthambore National Park, India

photograph by Priya Solcaptures

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Red-crowned Kākāriki (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae), male, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, Stewart Island, New Zealand

photograph by Rob Clay

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night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis)?

NIGHT PARROT!!!

Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, found at various sites in arid regions of Australia

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

Once considered to be extinct, as there were no sightings of the bird between 1912 and 1979, since then the bird has only been seen very rarely.

The causes for the assumed decline of this bird are unknown.

Mainly terrestrial, nocturnal, feeds mostly on the seeds of Spinifex grasses.

photographs: John Young (Top and mid - QLD, 2013), Steve Murphy

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Red-breasted Parakeets (Psittacula alexandri), parent and chick family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, WB, India

photographs by Riyajul Islam

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Rose-ringed Parakeets (Psittacula krameri), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, Sri Lanka

photograph by Kushantha Wewita

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Crimson Rosellas (Platycercus elegans), males, T - juvenile & B -adult, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, NE VIC, Australia

photograph by Dean Hohn