| Barred parakeet | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Bolborhynchus |
| Species: | B. lineola
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| Binomial name | |
| Bolborhynchus lineola (Cassin, 1853)
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B. l. lineola (Cassin 1853) | |
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The barred parakeet (Bolborhynchus lineola), also known as the lineolated parakeet (commonly nicknamed the "Linnie") or the Catherine parakeet, is a small psittaciforme bird found in the highland forests of tropical Latin America. Its plumage is mostly green, with multiple black or dark green stripes and bars and a pale, peach-colored bill. The darker stripes vary in prominence and intensity between the two subspecies. Several color mutations (morphs) are available in aviculture, as it has become a popular captive bird species.
The species has a disjunct distribution, found from southern México south through Panamá; in South America, it is found both in the Santa Marta Mountains of Colombia and the Venezuelan Coastal Range, as well as the forests of the Andean foothills (from western Venezuela south to Perú and Bolivia).
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Bolborhynchus lineola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22685913A93091828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22685913A93091828.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.