Editing True parrot (section)

{{Short description|Superfamily of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = True parrots
| image = Araras-canindé em Campo Grande.jpg
| image_caption = [[Blue-and-yellow macaw]]s at Campo Grande, Brazil
| taxon = Psittacoidea
| authority = [[Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Illiger]], 1811
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision =
[[Psittacidae]]<br/>
[[Psittrichasiidae]]<br/>
[[Psittaculidae]]
}}

The '''true parrots''' are about 350 species of hook-billed, mostly [[herbivorous]] [[bird]]s forming the superfamily '''Psittacoidea''', one of the three superfamilies in the [[order (biology)|biological order]] [[Psittaciformes]] (parrots).{{#tag:ref|The other superfamilies are the Cacatuoidea ([[cockatoo]]s) and New Zealand [[Strigopoidea]] which are also [[parrots]], but not classified as true parrots.|group=Notes}} True parrots are widespread, with species in [[Mexico]], [[Central America|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 [[macaw]]s, [[conure]]s, [[lorikeet]]s, [[eclectus]], [[Amazon parrot]]s, [[grey parrot]], and [[budgerigar]]. Most true parrots are colourful and flighted, with a few notable exceptions.{{#tag:ref|4 species are ground dwelling: three in genus ''[[Pezoporus]]'' and the [[Antipodes parakeet]].|group=Notes}}