Psittacara

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Psittacara
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Red-masked parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys), feral birds in a tree in California, United States
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Tribe: Arini
Genus: Psittacara
Vigors, 1825
Type species
Psittacus gujanensis [1]
Gmelin, JF, 1788
Species

See text.

Psittacara is a genus of parakeets in the tribe Arini. Species of the genus are found in Central and South America, the Caribbean and one species reaching the southern United States. Until 2013, all the species were placed in the genus Aratinga . Many of the Psittacara species are kept in aviculture or as companion parrots, where they are commonly known as conures.

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Taxonomy

The members of this genus were formerly placed in the genus Aratinga . Molecular phylogenetic studies had found that Aratinga was non-monophyletic so in order to create monophylectic genera James Van Remsen Jr. and collaborators proposed in 2013 that Aratinga should be split and a group of species moved to the resurrected genus Psittacara. [2] The genus had been introduced in 1825 by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors with the white-eyed parakeet as the type species. [3] [4]

Species

The genus contains 13 species including one which is now extinct: [5]

Genus Psittacara Vigors, 1825 – thirteen species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Green parakeet

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Psittacara holochlorus
(Sclater, PL, 1859)

Two subspecies [6] [7]
Mexico (Nuevo León and Tamaulipas south to Veracruz)
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 LC 


[8]

Socorro parakeet

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Psittacara brevipes
(Lawrence, 1871)
Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico [9] Size:

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Red-throated parakeet

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Psittacara rubritorquis
(Sclater, PL, 1887)
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. [10] Size:

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 LC 


Pacific parakeet

Pacific parakeet (Psittacara strenuus) Los Tarrales.jpg

Psittacara strenuus
(Ridgway, 1915)
southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. [6] [8]
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Scarlet-fronted parakeet

Aratinga wagleri (Perico chocolero) (14621143036).jpg

Psittacara wagleri
(GR Gray, 1845)

Two subspecies [11]
Colombia and Venezuela. [6]
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Cordilleran parakeet

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Psittacara frontatus
(Cabanis, 1846)

Two subspecies [6] [12]
Eucador's Loja Province and south through most of western Peru [6] Size:

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 NT 


Mitred parakeet

Conure mitree (Psittacara mitrata), Bioparc de Doue-la-Fontaine.jpg

Psittacara mitratus
(Tschudi, 1844)

Three subspecies
  • P. m. chlorogenys (Arndt, 2006) [13]
  • P. m. mitratus (Tschudi, 1844)
  • P. m. tucumanus (Arndt, 2006)
Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru. [6]
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Red-masked parakeet

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Psittacara erythrogenys
Lesson, 1844
Ecuador and Peru. [6]
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Finsch's parakeet

Psittacidae - Perico frentirrojo, perica rabona, perica flor roja- Aratinga hoffmanni - Puerto Armuelles 2.JPG

Psittacara finschi
(Salvin, 1871)
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama [6]
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White-eyed parakeet

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Psittacara leucophthalmus
(Müller, PLS, 1776)

Three subspecies [14]
Trindad and from eastern Venezuela east through the Guianas and south through Brazil into Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina, and Uruguay. [6]
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Cuban parakeet

Cuban Parakeet (Aratinga euops) -in tree-6-4c.jpg

Psittacara euops
(Wagler, 1832)
Cuba [6]
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 VU 


Hispaniolan parakeet

Hispaniolan Parakeet (Psittacara chloropterus) flying.jpg

Psittacara chloropterus
Souancé, 1856
Dominican Republic and Haiti [6]
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[15]

Puerto Rican parakeet


Psittacara maugei
(Souancé, 1856)
Mona IslandSize:

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Diet: seeds, fruits, nuts and berries. [16]
 EX 



Hypothetical species

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