Parrots found in Asia

Parrots found in …

Americas (New World)Africa (and nearby islands) … New ZealandAustraliaMelanesia (islands north / northeast of Australia) … Asia (please scroll down)


Alexandrine Parakeets aka Alexandrine Parrot, Alexandrian Parrot

Bismarck’s Hanging Parrots (Loriculus tener aka Loriculus aurantiifrons tener / Loriculus stigmatus tener)

Black-lored Parrots (Tanygnathus)

Blossom-headed Parakeets (Psittacula roseata)

Blue-backed Parrots (Tanygnathus)

Blue-crowned Racket-tailed Parrot

Blue-crowned Hanging Parrots (Loriculus galgulus)

Blue-crowned Parrots aka Blue-naped Parrots (Tanygnathus)

Blue-crowned Racket-tailed Parrots (Prioniturus discurus discurus)

Blue-headed Racket-tailed Parrots (Prioniturus platenae aka Prioniturus discurus platenae)

Blue-rumped Parrots (Psittinus)

Blue-winged Parakeet, Blue Winged Parakeet aka Malabar Parakeets (Psittacula columboide)

Blyth’s Parakeets (Psittacula caniceps) or Nicobar Parakeet

Bonaparte’s Hanging Parrots (Loriculus philippensis bonapartei)

Cebu Hanging Parrots (Loriculus philippensis chrysonotus)

Celebes Hanging Parrots (Loriculus stigmatus) or Red-crowned Hanging Parrots

Ceylon Hanging Parrots Loriculus beryllinus)

Derbyan Parakeets aka Derbyan Parrots (Psittacula Derbiana)

Emerald-collared Parakeets (Psittacula calthorpae)

Geoffroyus (Long-winged Parrots) – Australia, Greater Australia and Asia

Golden-mantled Racket-tailed Parrots (Prioniturus platurus platurus)

Great-billed Parrots (Tanygnathus)

Green Hanging Parrots (Loriculus exilis) or Red-billed Hanging Parrots

Guaiabero Parrots (Bolbopsittacus lunulatus lunulatus)

Hanging Parrots (Loriculus)

Hartert’s Orange-fronted Hanging Parrots (Loriculus aurantiifrons meeki)

Indian Ringneck Parrots / Indian Ring-necked Parakeets (Psittacula krameri manillensis)

Intermediate Parakeets (Psittacula Intermedia)

King Parrots – Australia,Greater Australia and Asia

Long-tailed Parakeets (Psittacula longicauda)

Mindanao Hanging Parrots (Loriculus philippensis apicalis)

Mindanao Racket-tailed Parrots (Prioniturus waterstradti aka Prioniturus discurus waterstradti / montanus waterstradti) / Mountain Racket-tailed Parrots

Moluccan Hanging Parrots (Loriculus amabilis amabilis)

Mustached Parakeets aka Moustached, Mustache Parakeets aka Java Moustached Parakeets / Parrots (Psittacula alexandri alexandri aka Palaeornis alexandri alexandri)

Neumann’s Ring-necked Parakeets (Psittacula krameri borealis)

Orange-fronted Hanging Parrots (Loriculus aurantiifrons aurantiifrons)

Philippine Hanging Parrots (Loriculus philippensis philippensis)

Plum-headed Parakeets aka Plum Head (Psittacula cyanocephala)

Racket-tailed Parrots (Prioniturus)

Red-cheeked Parrots (Geoffroyus) – Asia, Melanesia (islands immediately north and northeast of Australia) and Australia

Ring-neck Parrots / Parakeets aka Ringnecks

African subspecies

Asian subspecies: Indian-ringnecked Parakeet (P. krameri manillensis); Boreal or Neumann’s ringnecked Parakeet (P. krameri borealis)

Rose-ringed Parakeets (Psittacula krameri krameri aka Palaeornis docilis) – Central Africa and Asia

Sangihe Hanging Parrots (Loriculus catamene aka Loriculus amabilis catamene)

Seychelles Parakeets (Psittacula wardi aka Psittacula eupatria wardi) – Extinct

Slaty-headed Parakeets (Psittacula himalayana aka Psittacula himalayana himalayana)

Vernal Hanging Parrots (Loriculus vernalis aka Loriculus vernalis phileticus)

Wallace’s Hanging Parrots (Loriculus flosculus)

Yellow-throated Hanging Parrots (Loriculus pusillus)

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