Parakeet

Parakeet is a name given loosely to many different species of parrots, often unrelated, and sharing some general characteristics such as small-to-medium size and long tails.

Parakeet
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Domain	Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Branch	Deuterostomia
Phylum Information
Phylum	Chordata
Sub-phylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class Information
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Sub-class	Neornithes
Infra-class	Neoaves
Order Information
Superorder	Psittacimorphae
Order	Psittaciformes
Family Information
Family	Psittacidae
Population statistics

The budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) is the parakeet familiar to people around the world, the most popular cage bird of any kind.

Phylogeny

The following families and genera have species which have been called parakeets:

• Family Psittacidae (true parrots)

Subfamily Loriinae (lories and lorikeets)

Subfamily Psittacinae (tropical parrots and parakeets)

Tribe Arini

Genus Aratinga (cunures)

Genus Brotogeris

Genus Conuropsis (Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis)

Genus Guarouba (Golden conure, Guaruba guarouba)

Genus Leptosittaca (Golden-plumed parakeet, Leptosittaca branickii)

Genus Pyrrhura (Central and South American parakeets)

Tribe Psittaculini (Asian parrots and parakeets)

Subfamily Platycercinae (broad-tailed parrots)

Tribe Melopsittacini (budgerigar)

Tribe Platycercini (Australian broad-tailed parrots, rosellas)