Cactus Parakeet (Eupsittula cactorum)

Other Names (World)
Cactus Parakeet, Cactus Conure, Caatinga Parakeet, Caatinga Conure

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Kuhl, 1820)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, dry and moist savanna. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil.

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 (more (13)...)

Caatinga Parakeet (Eupsittula cactorum) [XC218982]
by Jeremy Minns from Boa Nova dry area, Bahia, Brazil (call)

Caatinga Parakeet (Eupsittula cactorum) [XC826813]
by Rosendo Fraga from Po\u00e7\u00f5es, State of Bahia, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
An arid-country representative of Brown-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula pertinax), possibly conspecific but probably better treated as forming a superspecies.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

caixana (von Spix, 1824) - North-eastern Brazil.
cactorum (Kuhl, 1820) - Central-eastern Brazil.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Cactus Parakeet (Eupsittula cactorum) - 10 files

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