Alternative name: Caatinga Parakeet
- Eupsittula cactorum
Identification
25 cm (9¾ in)
- Green upperparts, nape and ear coverts
- Pale brown head, throat and breast
- Blue flight feathers
- Dull orange belly
- White eyering
- Brown iris
- Grey bill
Distribution
South America: endemic to Brazil.
Taxonomy
Formerly placed in genus Aratinga.
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- E. c. caixana:
- Caatinga of north-eastern Brazil (Pará to north-western Bahia)
- E. c. cactorum:
- Inland caatinga of north-eastern Brazil (Bahia and adjacent Minas Gerais)
Habitat
Dry, thorny caatinga with shrubs and succulents; also woodland.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet consists of a variety of fruit including fig and cactus. But there is little detailed information.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Arthur Grosset
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cactus Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cactus_Parakeet
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.