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Eupsittula

Eupsittula
Peach-fronted parakeet (Eupsittula aurea)
on a termite mound in Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Tribe: Arini
Genus: Eupsittula
Bonaparte, 1853
Type species
Psittacus petzii[1] = Psittacus canicularis
Leiblin, 1832
Species

Eupsittula nana
Eupsittula canicularis
Eupsittula aurea
Eupsittula pertinax
Eupsittula cactorum

Eupsittula is a genus of South and Middle American parakeets in the tribe Arini. Until 2013, all the species were believed to belong to the genus Aratinga.[2] Some of the Eupsittula species are kept in aviculture or as companion parrots, where they are commonly known as conures.

Taxonomy

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The genus Eupsittula was introduced in 1853 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte with the orange-fronted parakeet as the type species.[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek eu meaning "good" with the Modern Latin psittula meaning "little parrot".[5]

The genus contains five species.[6]

Genus Eupsittula – Bonaparte, 1853 – five species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
peach-fronted parakeet

Eupsittula aurea
(Gmelin, 1788) 		eastern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, far northern Argentina and southern Suriname (Sipaliwini savanna).
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Caatinga parakeet, or cactus parakeet

Eupsittula cactorum
(Kuhl, 1820)

Two subspecies
  • E. c. cactorum (Kuhl, 1820)
  • E. c. caixana (Spix, 1824)
Caatinga region in north-eastern Brazil.
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


orange-fronted parakeet, or half-moon conure

Eupsittula canicularis
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Three subspecies
 western Mexico to Costa Rica.
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 VU 


olive-throated parakeet

Eupsittula nana
(Vigors, 1830)

Three subspecies
 Jamaica, Mexico, and Central America; introduced to the Dominican Republic
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Diet: 		 NT 


brown-throated parakeet, or St. Thomas conure

Eupsittula pertinax
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Fourteen subspecies
 Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad and Tobago, the ABC islands in the Netherlands Antilles, and northern Brazil (mainly the Rio Negro/Branco region)
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


References

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  1. ^ "Psittacidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Schirtzinger, E.E.; Ferraroni, A.; Silveira, L.F.; Wright, T.F. (2013). "DNA-sequence data require revision of the parrot genus Aratinga (Aves: Psittacidae)". Zootaxa. 3641 (3): 296–300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3641.3.9. PMID 26287088.
  3. ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1853). "Notes sur les collections rapportées en 1853, par M. A. Delattre". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 37: 806–810 [807].
  4. ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Remsen, J.V. Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.
  5. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 March 2022.


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