Pacific parakeet

Not to be confused with Pacific parrotlet.

Pacific parakeet
Suchitepéquez Department, Guatemala
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Psittacara
Species:
P. strenuus
Binomial name
Psittacara strenuus
(Ridgway, 1915)
Synonyms

P. holochlorus strenuus[2]

The Pacific parakeet (Psittacara strenuus), known as Pacific conure or Nicaraguan green conure in aviculture[3], is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.[4]

  1. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. ^ HBW and BirdLife International (2022) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip retrieved December 13, 2022
  3. ^ "PACIFIC CONURE (Psittacara strenuus)". World Parrot Trust. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  4. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (January 2023). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List. v 13.1. Retrieved February 18, 2023.