Geoffroyus

''Geoffroyus'' is a genus of

parrot Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoide ...

in the family

Psittaculidae Psittaculidae is a family containing Old World parrots. It consists of five subfamilies: Agapornithinae, Loriinae, Platycercinae, Psittacellinae and Psittaculinae. This family has been accepted into ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World' ...

. The four species are found in and around

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

, the Solomon Islands, northern Australia and the islands of Indonesia. It contains the following species: *

Red-cheeked parrot The red-cheeked parrot (''Geoffroyus geoffroyi'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the tip of northern Australia. There are 17 subspecies currently recognized. It is a stocky short-tail ...

(''Geoffroyus geoffroyi'') *

Blue-collared parrot The blue-collared parrot (''Geoffroyus simplex'') also known as simple parrot, lilac-collared song parrot, or lilac-collared Geoffroy's parrot, is a parrot found in the higher elevations of New Guinea. It is found from 500 to 2300 m, mainly ...

(''Geoffroyus simplex'') * Song parrot (''Geoffroyus heteroclitus'') * Rennell parrot (''Geoffroyus hyacinthinus'') Geoffroyus aureus

Bird genera Psittaculini Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{parrot-stub