psittacine
/ˈsɪtəkʌɪn
/ /ˈsɪtəsʌɪn/Ornithology
adjective
Relating to or denoting birds of the parrot family: psittacine beak and feather disease...
- Psittacine beak and feather disease is a highly contagious and debilitating viral disease that affects wild and captive populations of psittacine birds.
- Among psittacine species, the Lilac-crowned Parrot had one of the lowest rates of overall nest success.
noun
A bird of the parrot family: psittacines such as budgerigars and sulphur-crested cockatoos...
- Possibly the most visually striking of all of the South American psittacines, the hawk-headed parrot, Deroptyus accipitrinus, is becoming more common in aviculture.
- It is no surprise that the Moluccan cockatoo suffers a deeper degree of imprinted behavior than other species of psittacines that are regularly hand-reared as intended pet birds.
- Green-rumped Parrotlets are small psittacines that inhabit forest edge, savanna, and pastures in northeastern South America.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Latin psittacinus 'of a parrot', from psittacus, from Greek psittakos 'parrot'.