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Iris Lorikeets at San Diego Zoo
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Psitteuteles is a genus of parrot in the Psittacidae family. The Iris Lorikeet, Psitteuteles iris is a small up to 20cm long green lorikeet. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Parrots are birds of the roughly 350 Species in 85 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes, found in most warm and tropical regions The true parrots are about 330 species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae family, one of the two "traditional" families in the biological order Parrots are birds of the roughly 350 Species in 85 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes, found in most warm and tropical regions The true parrots are about 330 species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae family, one of the two "traditional" families in the biological order It contains the following species: