Tribe Arini Higher classification Aratinga Order Parrot | Superfamily Psittacoidea Subfamily Arinae Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
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Similar Bird, Aratinga, Parrot, Eupsittula, Scarlet‑fronted parakeet | ||
Aruba birds aruban brown throated parakeet aruba nov 29 2011
The brown-throated parakeet (Eupsittula pertinax), commonly known as the St Thomas conure or brown-throated conure in aviculture, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.
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- Aruba birds aruban brown throated parakeet aruba nov 29 2011
- Aratinga pertinax brown throated parakeet aruba 6 2011 antonio silveira
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Taxonomy
- References
Aratinga pertinax brown throated parakeet aruba 6 2011 antonio silveira
Description
The brown-throated parakeet is mostly green, with the lowerparts being a lighter green than the upperparts. Black/grey beak. Some blue in the wing feathers. Head and face colours depend on the subspecies. Though most subspecies are brown-throated, both E. p. pertinax and E. p. xanthogenia have most of the head, including the throat, orange-yellow.
Distribution and habitat
It is found widely in woodland, savanna and scrub in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, the ABC islands in the Netherlands Antilles, and northern Brazil (mainly the Rio Negro/Branco region) with a disjunct population in south-western Pará. Another disjunct population is found in southern Central America in Panama and Costa Rica, and is sometimes considered a separate species, the Veraguas parakeet (A. ocularis). The brown-throated parakeet has been introduced to Puerto Rico (where now possibly extirpated), the U.S. Virgin Islands (mainly Saint Thomas, hence the alternative name Saint Thomas Conure), and various other islands in the Lesser Antilles (at least Dominica; recent sightings also from Martinique and Guadeloupe).
Taxonomy
There are several subspecies which have varying colours particularly of the crown, face and underparts.
Eupsittula pertinax (Linnaeus, 1758):
