Silly Macaw Question

[stephend]

So I read that -keet is a suffix applied to long tailed birds, lories/lorikeet, parrot/parakeet. It also said that cockatiels are considered the only keet of the cockatoo family. I know that most macaws have long tails, and was wondering if there were any short tailed macaws, and if the long tailed ones were also considered keets?

 

[Joeyx]

no short tailed macaws, i'm afraid.

 

[lene1949]

So I read that -keet is a suffix applied to long tailed birds, lories/lorikeet, parrot/parakeet. It also said that cockatiels are considered the only keet of the cockatoo family. I know that most macaws have long tails, and was wondering if there were any short tailed macaws, and if the long tailed ones were also considered keets?

When people talk about parakeets, they almost always mean budgies or similar small birds... Yes... a lot of birds have a long tail, and I expect it was different explorers naming the different species of birds... Australia and Asia compared to South America... Conures also have long tails...

If I told people I have a parakeet (Max - Alexandrine) they would be shocked to see him, as they would be expecting a budgie...