Green Parakeet - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Michael Woodruff
Photographed: San Benito, Southern Texas, USA.

Aratinga holochlora

Includes: Socorro Parakeet; Red-throated Parakeet

Identification

Bright green overall. Underside of flight feathers yellowish. Grayish skin around eyes. Long, pointed tail. Often has orange flecks on throat

Distribution

Found in Mexico and northern Central America in deciduous and pine forests. Established in southern Texas where it is common in Brownsville suburbs

Taxonomy

Four subspecies recognized:

• A. h. holochlora in southern Mexico
• A. h. brewsteri in northwest Mexico
• A. h. brevipes on Socorro Island, sometimes treated as full species Socorro Parakeet. Endangered.
• A. h. rubritorquis from Guatemala to Nicaragua, sometimes treated as full species Red-throated Parakeet

Placed in genus Psittacara by Gill and Donsker.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green_Parakeet

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