The name Grass Parakeet (or Grasskeet) refers to a large quantity of tiny temp Australian parakeets native to grasslands for instance Neophema and Princess Parrot. The Australian rosellas are also parakeets. A lot of in the smaller, long-tailed kinds of lories may well be referred to as lorikeets.
The name Ringneck Parakeet refers to a variety of African and Asian parakeet varieties of the Psittacula genus.
In aviculture the term conure is applied for tiny to medium sized parakeets in the genera Aratinga, Pyrrhura, plus a couple of other genere on the tribe Arini, that are mainly endemic to South America. As they are not all from one particular genera, taxonomists have a tendency to dislike the phrase.
Other South American species typically termed parakeets contain the Brotogeris parakeets, Monk Parakeet and Lineolated Parakeets (even though Lineolated Parakeets have short tails).
Some species, especially the larger parakeets, may perhaps be referred to as “parrot” or “parakeet” interchangeably. For example, Alexandrine Parrot and Alexandrine Parakeet are different names for the exact same species, (Psittacula eupatria), a single of the largest species referred to as a parakeet.
Quite a few diverse species of parakeets are generally bred and sold commercially as pets, the Budgerigar getting among one of the most commonly sold within the U.S.
