Brown-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula pertinax)

Other Names (World)
Brown-throated Parakeet, Brown-throated Conure, Caribbean Parakeet, Veragua's Parakeet (ocularis)

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical and tropical dry shrubland. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Aruba, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Suriname, Venezuela.

Introduced to Barbados (B), Dominica (B), Guadeloupe, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico (PE) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (British) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Brown-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula pertinax) [XC438187]
by Mauricio \u00c1lvarez-Rebolledo from Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia (call)

Brown-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula pertinax) [XC525036]
by id from PNN Tayrona, sectores Ca\u00f1averal y Arrecifes, Colombia (?)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Cactus Parakeet (Eupsittula cactorum). Considerable geographical variation reflected in number of subspecies recognized, although some differences are minor and very possibly clinal in nature. Disjunct form ocularis sometimes treated as separate species.

The following 14 subspecies are recognised:

ocularis (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1865) - Panama.
aeruginosa (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northern Colombia to north-western Venezuela.
griseipecta (Meyer de Schauensee, 1950) - Sinú Valley, north-eastern Colombia.
lehmanni (Dugand, 1943) - Eastern Colombia eastern possibly into western Venezuela.
arubensis (Hartert, 1892) - Aruba (Netherlands Antilles).
pertinax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles).
xanthogenia (Bonaparte, 1850) - Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles).
tortugensis (Cory, 1909) - I Tortuga (Venezuela).
margaritensis Cory, 1918 - I Margarita (Venezuela).
venezuelae (Zimmer, JT & Phelps, 1951) - Venezuela except north-west, possibly west, extreme north-eastern and south-east.
surinama (Zimmer, JT & Phelps, 1951) - North-eastern Venezuela and the Guianas.
chrysophrys (Swainson, 1838) - South-eastern Venezuela and adjacent Brazil.
chrysogenys (Massena & Souanc�, 1854) - R Negro, north-western Brazil; possibly this form recently near Mamirauá Reserve on R Solimões.
paraensis (Sick, 1959) - R Tapajós and R Cururu, north-central Brazil.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Brown-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula pertinax) - 10 files

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