The
true parrots are about 350 species of colorful flighted (with a few notable exceptions)
hookbilled, mostly
herbivorous birds forming the superfamily
Psittacoidea, one of the three superfamilies in the
biological order Psittaciformes (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,
African gray parrot.