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Green or Red-throated Parakeet

Psittacara [holochlorus or rubritorquis] (= Psittacara holochlorus) (Sclater, PL 1859)

The green parakeet is a medium-sized parrot occurring in North and Central America, from the southernmost tip of Texas south to northern Nicaragua. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Psittacidae
Genus:
   Psittacara
Scientific:
  Psittacara holochlorus

Original description

Citation:
  (Sclater, PL 1859)

Reference:
   Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser.3, vol.4, no.21 p.224

Protonym:
  Conurus holochlorus

Type locality:
  Jalapa, Vera Cruz.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19633#page/244/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  67D6698A2EA0D41A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-67D6698A

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/67D6698A

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 177683

Geographic range:

  • Psittacara [holochlorus or rubritorquis]: montane pine forest (mainly) of northwestern Mexico (southern Sonora, western Chihuahua, and Sinaloa) and eastern Mexico from central Nuevo León and Tamaulipas southward to Veracruz, also eastern Oaxaca and southern Chiapas; disjunctly eastern Guatemala to northern Nicaragua
  • Psittacara holochlorus holochlorus: open woodland and pine forest of eastern and southern Mexico
  • Psittacara holochlorus brewsteri: mountains of northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, and Chihuahua)
  • Psittacara rubritorquis: eastern Guatemala to northern Nicaragua
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Green or Red-throated Parakeet
French:
Conure verte ou C. à gorge rouge

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Green or Red-throated Parakeet ( Psittacara [holochlorus or rubritorquis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Green or Red-throated Parakeet ( Psittacara [holochlorus or rubritorquis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Green or Red-throated Parakeet ( Psittacara [holochlorus or rubritorquis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Green or Red-throated Parakeet ( Aratinga [holochlora or rubritorquis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Green or Red-throated Parakeet ( Aratinga [holochlora or rubritorquis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Green or Red-throated Parakeet ( Psittacara [holochlorus or rubritorquis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Green or Red-throated Parakeet ( Psittacara [holochlorus or rubritorquis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Green or Red-throated Parakeet ( Psittacara [holochlorus or rubritorquis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Green or Red-throated Parakeet ( Psittacara [holochlorus or rubritorquis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Green or Red-throated Parakeet ( Psittacara [holochlorus or rubritorquis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Green or Red-throated Parakeet ( Psittacara [holochlorus or rubritorquis])
Clements, version 2021:
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Green Parakeet ( Psittacara holochlorus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Psittacara [holochlorus, rubritorquis or brevipes]

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: Aratinga verda
Czech: Aratinga horský
Danish: Grøn Aratinga
German: Grünsittich
English: Green Conure, Green or Red-throated Parakeet, Green Parakeet, Grenn conure
English, HBW: Green/Red-throated Parakeet (except strenuus)
English (IOC): Green/Red-throated Parakeet, Green/Socorro/Red-throated Parakeet
English (United States): Green Parakeet
Esperanto: Verda konuro
Spanish: Aratinga Verde, Perico Mexicano, Perico Verde Mexicano, Periquito de Garganta Roja, Periquito verde
Spanish (Spain): Aratinga Verde
Spanish (HBW): Green Parakeet
Spanish (Honduras): Periquito verde
Spanish (Mexico): perico mexicano, Perico Verde Mexicano
Estonian: rohearatinga
Finnish: Viheraratti
French: Conure verte, Conure verte ou C. à gorge rouge, Perriche verte, Perruche verte
Hungarian: zöld ékfarkúpapagáj
Italian: Conuro verde, Parrocchetto verde
Japanese (romaji): terihamekishikoinko
Japanese: テリハメキシコインコ
Scientific: Aratinga [holochlora or rubritorquis], Aratinga holochlora, Aratinga holochlora holochlora, Conurus holochlorus, Psittacara [holochlorus or rubritorquis], Psittacara holochlorus, Psittacara holochlorus holochlorus
Lithuanian: Meksikinė aratinga
Dutch: Groene Aratinga
Norwegian: Grønnparakitt
Polish: konura meksykanska, konura meksykańska, szmaragdolotka meksykańska
Portuguese: Periquito-verde
Portuguese (Portugal): periquitão-verde
Russian: Мексиканская аратинга
Slovak: klinochvost smaragdový
Serbian: Zelena aratinga
Swedish: Grön parakit, grön parakit/socorroparakit/rödhakad parakit
Turkish: Meksika yeşil papağanı
Ukrainian: Аратинга зелений
Chinese: 绿鹦哥
Chinese (Traditional): 綠鸚哥

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