Psittacoidea

The true parrots are about 350 species of hook-billed, mostly herbivorousbirds forming the superfamily Psittacoidea, one of the three superfamilies in the biological orderPsittaciformes (parrots). True parrots are widespread, with species in Mexico, Central and South America, sub-Saharan Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Australia, and eastwards across the Pacific Ocean as far as Polynesia. The true parrots include many of the familiar parrots, including macaws, conures, lorikeets, eclectus parrots, Amazon parrots, the grey parrot, and the budgerigar. Most true parrots are colourful and flighted, with a few notable exceptions.