Golden-capped parakeet

Golden-capped parakeet
At Wroclaw Zoo, Poland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Aratinga
Species:
A. auricapillus
Binomial name
Aratinga auricapillus
(Kuhl, 1820)
Synonyms

Aratinga auricapilla (Kuhl, 1820)

The golden-capped parakeet (Aratinga auricapillus) is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae found in Brazil and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss. The A. auricapillus is a good biological indicator because of its vulnerability, high detectability as well as its sensitivity to forest fragmentation.[2][3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Aratinga auricapillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22685710A209378080. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ^ Bochio, Gabriela Menezes; Anjos, Luiz dos (2012). "The Importance of Considering Bird Detectability for Assessing Biological Integrity". Natureza & Conservação. 10 (1): 72–76. doi:10.4322/natcon.2012.012. ISSN 1679-0073.
  3. ^ Anjos, Luiz dos (June 2007). "Efficiency of the point count method in bird richness evaluation". Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia. 15: 239–243 – via ORCID.