Brown-throated Parakeet
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 Netherlands 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 Dominica; recent sightings also from Martinique and Guadeloupe).
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| Brown-throated Parakeet |
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| Brown-throated Parakeet |
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Description
The Brown-throated Parakeet is mostly green, with the lowerparts being a lighter green than the upperparts. Black/grey beak. Some blue in the wing feathers. Head and face colours depend on the subspecies. Though most subspecies are brown-throated, both A. p. pertinax and A. p. xanthogenia have most of the head, including the throat, orange-yellow.
