Olive-throated parakeet

Olive-throated parakeet
Eupsittula nana nana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Eupsittula
Species:
E. nana
Binomial name
Eupsittula nana
(Vigors, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Aratinga nana
  • Aratinga astec
  • Eupsittula astec
feeding on madre cacao (Gliricidia) in Belize

The olive-throated parakeet (Eupsittula nana), also known as the olive-throated conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots.[3] It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica and in Jamaica; it has been introduced to the Dominican Republic on Hispaniola.[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Jamaican Parakeet Eupsittula nana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T45418540A179402014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T45418540A179402014.en. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Aztec Parakeet Eupsittula astec". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T45418555A95148063. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T45418555A95148063.en. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (January 2023). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List. v 13.1. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  4. ^ Collar, N., J. del Hoyo, P. F. D. Boesman, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Olive-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula nana), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.oltpar1.01 retrieved March 16, 2023