>Dear Tweeters: In my immediately-previous message re distinguishing
>between parrots and parakeets at a distance, I failed to recognize
>that my observations were confined to the area from Costa Rica through
>Peru, and may be totally inapplicable to other areas in the hemisphere
>or the rest of the planet. Sorry!
> a Buaidh! FX
>
>F.X. Schloeder

I agree with F.X.'s earlier statement entirely. But, as he or she says,
this doesn't work everywhere. In Australia the little, long-tailed,
fast-flying green psittacines are called parrots (those that aren't called
rosellas or lorikeets or something else). By the way, if you like parrots
and their relatives, don't waste your time in tropical America. Buy a
ticket for Australia NOW! We saw almost 30 species in a month there, and
their diversity spans the entire range of parrotry.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416