Order Psittaciformes Wagler 1830 (parrot)
Parent taxon: Psittacimorphae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Hope 2002, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2022, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1960
Sister taxon: Columbiformes
Subtaxa: Cacatuidae Halcyornithidae Messelasturidae Mopsitta Nestoridae Panpsittaciformes Platycercidae Psittacidae Psittaculidae Quercypsittidae Strigopidae Strigopoidea
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore