Pacific Parakeet - BirdForum Opus

Photo by tomjenner
Choluteca, Honduras, November 2005

Psittacara strenuus

Aratinga strenuus

Distribution

Breeding in Nicaragua, in the El Chocoyero - El Brujo Protected Area. The nesting sites lay within this protected area, but the birds still face threats from the outside world when they leave the reserve to feed.

Outside of breeding, they occur on the Pacific slope from eastern Oaxaca, Mexico, to southern Nicaragua.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Aratinga.

This is a monotypic species^[1].

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pacific Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pacific_Parakeet

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