Kingdom Animalia Family Psittacidae Tribe Arini Phylum Chordata Rank Subspecies | Superfamily Psittacoidea Subfamily Arinae Genus Psittacara Higher classification Aratinga Order Parrot | |
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Similar Bird, Parrot, Aratinga, Parrots, Socorro parakeet | ||
The Pacific parakeet or Nicaraguan green conure (Psittacara strenuus) is a species of parakeet. Some ornithologists consider it a subspecies of the green parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus).
This bird is endemic to a small area in western Nicaragua, the El Chocoyero - El Brujo Protected Area. Nesting sites lie within this protected area, but the birds still face threats from the outside world when they leave the reserve to feed. Nonetheless, its population is considered not immediately threatened (especially compared to some of its relatives such as the Socorro parakeet), and when BirdLife and the IUCN considered it a good species, it was listed as least concern.
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Pacific parakeet Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA