Red-throated Parakeet (Psittacara rubritorquis)

Other Names (World)
Red-throated Parakeet, Red-breasted Parakeet, Red-breasted Conure

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
27 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1887)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 800 - 2,600 m.

Range (Guide)

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.

Highlands of eastern Guatemala and El Salvador (apparently one record only) south through Honduras to northern Nicaragua.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Red-throated Parakeet (Psittacara rubritorquis) [XC199949]
by Mayron McKewy Mej\u00eda from Cerro de Hula - top, Honduras (flight call)

Red-throated Parakeet (Psittacara rubritorquis) [XC184669]
by Liliana Chavarria-Duriaux from Monta\u00f1a La Estrechura o Crudeza, Guata, Olancho, Honduras (call)

Subspecies
Aratinga holochlora (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was previously split into Green Parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus), Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes), Red-throated Parakeet (Psittacara rubritorquis) and Pacific Parakeet (Aratinga strenua) following Stotz et al. (1996), contra AOU (1998). Following a review by the BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group (BTWG), Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes) and Red-throated Parakeet (Psittacara rubritorquis) are retained as species contra AOU (1998), but Pacific Parakeet (Aratinga strenua) has been lumped with Green Parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus) contra AOU (1998). The BTWG recognises Red-throated Parakeet (Psittacara rubritorquis) and Socorro Parakeet (Psittacara brevipes) as species separate from Green Parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus) for the reasons given in Howell and Webb (1995).

Usually considered conspecific with Green Parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus) but distinct in morphology and to some extent habitat, and apparently also in behaviour and voice.

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Green Parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus).

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Like Green Parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus) but throat is orange-red or patchy red and green.

References
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