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The Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax), commonly known as the St. Thomas Conure or Brown-throated Conure in aviculture, is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found widely in woodland, savanna and scrub in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, the ABC islands in the Netherland 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 St. Thomas, hence the alternative name St. Thomas Conure), and various other islands in the Lesser Antilles (at least Dominca; recent sightings also from Martinique and Guadeloupe).
Subspecies
There are several subspecies which have varying colours particularly of the crown, face and underparts.
Aratinga pertinax (Linnaeus, 1758):[1]
- Aratinga pertinax aeruginosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aratinga pertinax arubensis (Hartert, 1892)
- Aratinga pertinax chrysogenys (Massena & Souance, 1854)
- Aratinga pertinax chrysophrys (Swainson, 1838)
- Aratinga pertinax griseipecta Meyer de Schauensee, 1950
- Aratinga pertinax lehmanni Dugand, 1943
- Aratinga pertinax margaritensis (Cory, 1918)
- Aratinga pertinax ocularis (Sclater, PL, 1865)
- Aratinga pertinax paraensis Sick, 1959
- Aratinga pertinax pertinax (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aratinga pertinax surinama Zimmer & Phelps, WH, 1951
- Aratinga pertinax tortugensis (Cory, 1909)
- Aratinga pertinax venezuelae Zimmer & Phelps, WH, 1951
- Aratinga pertinax xanthogenia (Bonaparte, 1850)
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References
- ^ "Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.013)". www.zoonomen.net. 2008-12-29. http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/psit.html.
- BirdLife International (2008). Aratinga pertinax. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 17 November 2008. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened.
External links
- "Brown-throated Parakeet - BirdLife Species Factsheet". BirdLife International (2008). http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1579&m=0. Retrieved on 3 January 2009.
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