Eupsittula
Eupsittula | |
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Peach-fronted parakeet (Eupsittula aurea) on a termite mound in Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Subfamily: | Arinae |
Genus: | Eupsittula Bonaparte, 1853 |
Type species | |
Psittacus petzii[1] = Psittacus canicularis Leiblin, 1832
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Species | |
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Eupsittula is a genus of
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
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Taxonomy
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]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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peach-fronted parakeet | Eupsittula aurea (Gmelin, 1788) |
eastern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, far northern Argentina and southern Suriname (Sipaliwini savanna). |
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LC
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Caatinga parakeet, or cactus parakeet | Eupsittula cactorum (Kuhl, 1820) |
Caatinga region in north-eastern Brazil. |
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orange-fronted parakeet, or half-moon conure | Eupsittula canicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Three subspecies
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western Mexico to Costa Rica. |
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VU
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olive-throated parakeet | Eupsittula nana (Vigors, 1830) Three subspecies
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Jamaica, Mexico, and Central America; introduced to the Dominican Republic |
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NT
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brown-throated parakeet, or St. Thomas conure | Eupsittula pertinax (Linnaeus, 1758) Fourteen subspecies
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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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References
- ^ "Psittacidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- PMID 26287088.
- ^ 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].
- ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 March 2022.