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Brown-throated Parakeet
Conservation statusLeast Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Aratinga
Species: A. pertinax
Binomial name
Aratinga pertinax
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in Aruba, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Source
* BirdLife International 2004. Aratinga pertinax. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
