SHOW CLASSIFICATIONS:
SPBE has designed this series of classifications with the idea that Affiliate Clubs can reduce and abbreviate them for smaller Shows. This holds true in the Intermediate and Short version, But the Complete version MUST be used for any larger Shows
SHORT VERSION
SUB-DIVISION 1 SOUTH PACIFIC - CLOSED BANDED Section 1 LORIES AND LORIKEETS, Family Loriidae 1 All Lories and Lorikeets Section 2 COCKATOOS & COCKATIELS, Family Cacatuidae 1 All Cockatoos & Cockatiels Section 3 ISLAND PARROTS AND ECLECTUS, Genera Tanygnathus, Eclectus, et al. 1 All Island Parrots and Eclectus Section 4 ROSELLAS AND AUSTRALIAN PARROTS, Genera Alisterus, Barnardius, Platycerus, Polytelis, Psephotus, et al. 1 All Rosellas & Australian Parrots Section 5 ALL NEOPHEMAS, Genus Neophema 1 All Neophemas Section 6 ALL OTHER SOUTH PACIFIC PARROTS 1 All Other South Pacific Parrots SUB-DIVISION 2 AFRO-ASIAN PARROTS - CLOSED BANDED Section 1 AFRICAN GREY PARROTS, Psittacus erithacus 1 All African Grey Parrots Section 2 AFRO-ASIAN PARAKEETS, Genus Psittacula 1 All Afro-Asian Parakeets Section 3 AFRICAN PARROTS, Genus Poicephalus 1 All Poicephalus Parrots Section 4 ALL OTHER AFRO-ASIAN PARROTS 1 All Other Afro-Asians Parrots SUB-DIVISION 3 NEW WORLD - CLOSE BANDED Section 1 MACAWS, Genera Ara & Anodorhynchus 1 All Macaws Section 2 CONURES, Genera Aratinga, Pyrrhura, et al. 1 All Conures Section 3 SOUTH AMERICAN PARAKEETS, Genera Brotogeris, Bolborhrynchus, Myiopsitta, et al. 1 All Small South American Parakeets Section 4 PARROTLETS, Genera Forpus, et al. 1 All Parrotlets Section 5 PIONUS, Genus Pionus 1 All Pionus Section 6 AMAZONS, Genus Amazona 1 All Amazons Section 7 ALL OTHER NEW WORLD 1 All Other New World SUB-DIVISION 4 OPEN DIVISION Section 1 LORIES AND LORIKEETS, Family Loriidae 1 All Lories and Lorikeets Section 2 COCKATOOS & COCKATIELS, Family Cacatuidae 1 All Cockatoos & Cockatiels Section 3 ISLAND PARROTS AND ECLECTUS, Genera Eclectus, Tanygnathis, et al. 1 All Island Parrots and Eclectus Section 4 ROSELLAS AND AUSTRALIAN PARROTS, Genera Platycerus, Alisterus, Polytelis, et al. 1 All Rosellas & Australian Parrots Section 5 GRASS PARAKEETS, Genus Neophema 1 All Neophemas Section 6 ALL OTHER SOUTH PACIFIC PARROTS 1 All Other South Pacific Parrots Section 7 AFRICAN GREY PARROTS, Psittacus erithacus 1 All African Grey Parrots Section 8 AFRO-ASIAN PARAKEETS, Genus Psittacula 1 All Afro-Asian Parakeets Section 9 AFRICAN PARROTS, Genus Poicephalus 1 All Poicephalus Parrots Section 10 ALL OTHER AFRO-ASIAN PARROTS 1 All Other Afro-Asians Parrots Section 11 MACAWS, Genera Ara & Anodorhynchus 1 All Macaws Section 12 CONURES, Genera Aratinga, Pyrrhura, et al. 1 All Conures Section 13 SOUTH AMERICAN PARAKEETS, Genera Brotogeris, Bolborhrynchus, Myiopsitta, et al. 1 All Small South American Parakeets Section 14 PARROTLETS, Genera Forpus, et al. 1 All Parrotlets Section 15 PIONUS, Genus Pionus 1 All Pionus Section 16 AMAZONS, Genus Amazona 1 All Amazons Section 17 ALL OTHER NEW WORLD 1 All Other New World SUB-DIVISION 5 NOVICE DIVISION A Novice exhibitor is one who has never placed on the top bench at an SPBE show. An exhibitor may place three times in the top ten before advancing to the open subdivisions. Birds that are purchased having already earned Championship points with another exhibitor are not eligible for entry in Sub-Division 5. The Novice Sub-Division may include birds with clipped wings, but such birds will be penalized when they are competing against the other four sub-divisions. Section 1 LORIES AND LORIKEETS 1 All Lories and Lorikeets Section 2 COCKATOOS & COCKATIELS 1 All Cockatoos & Cockatiels Section 3 ISLAND PARROTS AND ECLECTUS 1 All Island Parrots and Eclectus Section 4 ROSELLAS AND AUSTRALIAN PARROTS 1 All Rosellas & Australian Parrots Section 5 ALL GRASS PARAKEETS 1 All Grass Parakeets Section 6 ALL OTHER SOUTH PACIFIC PARROTS 1 All Other South Pacific Parrots Section 7 AFRICAN GREY PARROTS 1 All African Grey Parrots Section 8 RING-NECKED PARAKEETS 1 All Ring-necked Parakeets Section 9 AFRICAN PARROTS, Genus Poicephalus 1 All Poicephalus Parrots Section 10 ALL OTHER AFRO-ASIAN PARROTS 1 All Other Afro-Asians Parrots Section 11 MACAWS 1 All Macaws Section 12 CONURES 1 All Conures Section 13 SMALL SOUTH AMERICAN PARAKEETS 1 All Small South American Parakeets Section 14 PARROTLETS 1 All Parrotlets Section 15 PIONUS 1 All Pionus Section 16 AMAZONS 1 All Amazons Section 17 ALL OTHER NEW WORLD 1 All Other New World