Softbills
This is the largest of all the bird families. These are perching and
songbirds. Softbills eat mainly fruit, plants, nectar and insects and are
found around the world. Finches and canaries are among the members of this
family, others include birds of paradise, lyrebirds, starlings, wrens, warblers,
sparrows and crows.
Hookbills
There are over 350 species of parrots belonging to various groups. Some of the
most familiar are the budgies, cockatiels, loris, cockatoos, and rosellas from Australia and the South Pacific;
conures, amazons and
macaws from the New World, African greys, lovebirds, senegals and jardines
from Africa and ringnecks from Asia.
