Species Detail: Aratinga pertinax
Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name: Aratinga pertinax
 
Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
Synonyms:
 
Common Names:
Common Names Location Language
Brown-cared Conure Global English
Brown-throated Parakeet Global English
Caribbean Parakeet Global English
Prikichi Dutch Caribbean Papiamento
West-Indische Parkiet Dutch Caribbean Dutch
 
 
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Animalia Chordata Aves
(Birds)		 Psittaciformes
 Psittacidae Aratinga
 
Taxonomic Comments:
 
General Species Description: Length 26 cm, including tail of 12 cm. Conspicuous bright green bird with long, pointed wing and tail. Colour pattern of head with varying amount of orange and yellow subject to geographical radiation; dullen in young and immature. Bill strong, high; upper mandible sharply curved. Feet short, toes efficient organs for grasping and manipulatin food and other objects. Flight fast, with rapid wing beats

Conservation Status
Status type Location Status Review date
CITES Global II

Habitats Terrestrially widely distributed: No

Habitat subtype Description Comments
MARINE - mangrove
TERRESTRIAL - shrublands
TERRESTRIAL - woodlands

Distribution Status
Distributions Occurrence Status Description
South America

Location Occurrence Status Description
Aruba
Bonaire
Curaçao

Population
Location Quality Quantity Description Date Comments
Aruba Breeding bird
Bonaire Breeding bird
Curaçao Breeding bird

Threats No Threats listed.

Uses No Uses listed.

Resources
Images
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Distribution Maps No Distribution Maps listed.

Documents No Documents listed.

Web Links No Web Links listed.

References
Citation Author Reference Type
Birds of the Netherlands Antilles / Karel Hendrik Voous ; coloured plates by Henk J. Slijper. - Voous, Karel Hendrik. - 327 p. : ill., pl. ; 20 cm. - [2nd, rev. ed., English version]. - With bibliogr., index. - 1st ed.: 1955, Dutch version (De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen). - 90-6011-157-5. - Zutphen : Walburg Pers, 1983 Voous, Karel Hendrik Published document

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