Talk:True parrot

message: "given the nature of Pepperberg's actual tests, this is ludicrous."
This seems to be an editorial comment. Is it appropriate?
:I agree. I've removed the comment. - UtherSRG 16:33, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Editorial Comment?

message: Quadell
The grey parrot is a Congo African Grey (Psitticus erithacus erithacus)
The green parrot is a Yellow Fronted Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala ochrocephala)
The white parrot is a Moluccan Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis)
:Thanks! But someone else had told me that the green one is a Yellow-shouldered Parrot (Amazona barbadensis). Can you confirm which it is?  – Quadell (talk) (help) 20:26, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
::Yellow-fronted, also known as Yellow-crowned, of the race Amazona ochrocephala ochrocephala, has the yellow on the head restricted to the crown, and has a darker bill, whereas the image shows the all-yellow face and pale bill of Yellow-shouldered. It would help if we could see whether the shoulder patch was red or yellow!  Similar Amazonas included Mealy (yellow crown), Orange-winged (yellow crown and throat, not in between) and Scaly (no yellow on head).  jimfbleak 07:02, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parrot Pics 

message: The Princess Parakeet needs a clean up, it is more likely to get attention here then with a cleanup tag.  It might be either a Princess Parrot, Polytelis alexandrae or a Alexandrine Parakeet, Psittacula eupatria. MeltBanana 19:50, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lost parrot: here polly 

message: Delta G 03:59, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why parrots developed the ability to imitate sounds? 

message: From Webster's dictionary: cockatoo n : white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds
From encyclodedia.com 1. cockatoo COCKATOO [cockatoo] see parrot .
2. parrot PARROT [parrot] common name for members of the order Psittaciformes, comprising 315 species of colorful birds, pantropical in distribution, including the parakeet . Parrots have large heads and short necks, strong feet with two toes in front and two in back (facilitating climbing and grasping)
From Encyclopedia Britannica : cockatoo any of the 21 species of crested parrots (order Psittaciformes) found in Australia as well as in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Most are white with touches of red or yellow; some are black. All ...
:You talk about the Psittaciformis. --KimvdLinde 17:23, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cockatoos are Parrots  

message: I think our annonynious editr has a point, but a different one than that he is making. Popular usages of the term includes both families of the order, and the Psittacidae are beter named true parrots. Could we change this page name to "True parrots", change Psittaciformis to "parrot" and maybe move some general stuff to of this page to the Psittaciformis page? --KimvdLinde 17:27, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Brett, let see if there is oposition to the idea, and if not, go forward with it. The general idea in Wikipedia is that you use the common name for a page if there is one, and have a redirect of the scientific name. Using Parrot and True parrot might solve the issue as well. For most people, they end at the Parrot side, and the other pages can clarify it as well. --KimvdLinde 02:01, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Nah, it is a common taxonomic practise to specify a subgroup with the same name as "true parrots". With the appropriate explanation, no problem.--KimvdLinde 02:41, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

text: 72, be civil. Making clever-clever jabs at people's spelling abilities is not going to make them more disposed to your edits. Nor is being Americentric. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 09:20, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: 72, your uncivil language and chauvinist attitude, together with unwarranted attempts to Americanise the spelling (eg colour->color) for a bird group which is only peripheral to North America does the country of which you appear to be so proud little credit. jimfbleak 11:33, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

text: I have moved this page to True parrots and have requested the move of Psittaciformes to Parrot as the name is preoccupied. As soon as that is done, I will edit the content of both pages to reflect the new situation (most infor here will go to parrot. This moving will preserve links with the many pages using the taxonomic names. KimvdLinde 03:16, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name confusion 

message: This article needs a comprehensive redraft, with attention to accurate detail as well as integration with the big picture of birds & ecology, biogeography, evolution, etc.  This article could be a whole book, or at least a big chapter.  I'm going to be bold here, and throw in the basics of organization and information.  Maybe other editors will be motivated to fill in my omissions as I go.  Rather than scribble on the Talk page, write the article - THEN let's argue about it.Sbalfour (talk) 20:01, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Absolutely. Looks really good what you've done with the article so far. :) --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 17:38, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  article short of content and scholarly standard 

message: The references need cleaning up in at least two places I found:
# In the Taxonomy section, sentence/paragraph starting "The following classification is based...", the list of references at the end of the sentence includes item 3 twice. 
# In the References section, items 3 and 5 are identical, so assorted other references will need to be fixed as a result.  
--zandperl (talk) 01:20, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  References need work