Eupsittula astec (Aztec Parakeet)

Aztec Parakeet

Eupsittula astec (de Souancé, C 1857)

The olive-throated parakeet, also known as the olive-throated conure in aviculture, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is found in forest and woodland in Jamaica, Mexico and Central America, and has been introduced to Hispaniola, in the Dominican Republic. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Psittacidae
Genus:
   Eupsittula
Scientific:
  Eupsittula astec

Original description

Citation:
(de Souancé, C 1857)

Reference:
Rev. Mag. Zool. Pure Appl. (2), 9 p.97

Protonym:
Conurus astec

Type locality:
Mexico.

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13712233

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
A77D5C7419887518

Avibase ID:
avibase-A77D5C74

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/A77D5C74

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 714493

Geographic range:

Eupsittula astec astec: Caribbean slope of se Mexico to extreme w Panama
Eupsittula astec vicinalis: NE Mexico (Tamaulipas to ne Veracruz)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Aztec Parakeet
Catalan:
Aratinga asteca
Danish:
Aztekaratinga
German:
Aztekensittich
Spanish:
Aratinga azteca
French:
Conure aztèque
Italian:
Parrocchetto azteco
Japanese (romaji):
chamunemekishikoinko

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Aztec Parakeet ( Aratinga astec) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Aztec Parakeet ( Aratinga astec) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec) ( Aratinga nana astec/vicinalis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec) ( Aratinga nana astec/vicinalis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec) ( Aratinga nana astec/vicinalis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec) ( Aratinga nana astec/vicinalis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec) ( Eupsittula nana astec/vicinalis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec) ( Eupsittula nana astec/vicinalis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec) ( Eupsittula nana astec/vicinalis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec) ( Eupsittula nana astec/vicinalis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec) ( Eupsittula nana astec/vicinalis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec) ( Eupsittula nana astec/vicinalis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec) ( Eupsittula nana astec/vicinalis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec) ( Eupsittula nana astec/vicinalis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec) ( Eupsittula nana astec/vicinalis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Aztec Parakeet ( Eupsittula astec) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Aztec Parakeet ( Aratinga astec) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Aztec Parakeet ( Aratinga astec) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Aztec Parakeet ( Aratinga astec) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Aztec Parakeet ( Aratinga astec) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Aztec Parakeet ( Aratinga astec) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Aratinga astec [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Aratinga astec [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Aratinga astec [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Aztec Parakeet ( Aratinga astec) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Eupsittula [nana or astec] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: Aratinga asteca
Danish: Aztekaratinga
German: Aztekensittich, Jamaikasittich (astec/vicinalis)
English: Aztec Conure, Aztec Parakeet, Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec)
English, HBW: Aztec Parakeet
English (IOC): Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec)
English (United States): Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec)
Spanish: Aratinga azteca, Aratinga Jamaicana (astec/vicinalis), perico pecho sucio, Perico Pecho Sucio (astec/vicinalis), Periquito Verde
Spanish (Costa Rica): Perico Azteco (astec/vicinalis)
Spanish (Spain): Aratinga jamaicana (astec/vicinalis)
Spanish (HBW): Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec)
Spanish (Honduras): Periquito Verde
Spanish (Mexico): perico pecho sucio, Perico Pecho Sucio (astec/vicinalis)
Spanish (Panama): Perico Azteca (astec/vicinalis)
Estonian: kariibi aratinga
French: Conure aztèque, Conure aztèque (astec), Conure aztèque (nominal), Conure naine, Conure naine [astec ou vicinalis]
French (AOU): Conure naine (aztèque)
Italian: Parrocchetto azteco
Japanese (romaji): chamunemekishikoinko, jamaikainko (astec/vicinalis)
Japanese: ジャマイカインコ (astec/vicinalis), ジャマイカインコ（astec／vicinalis）, チャムネメキシコインコ
Scientific: Aratinga astec, Aratinga nana astec, Aratinga nana astec/vicinalis, Conurus astec, Eupsittula astec, Eupsittula astec astec, Eupsittula nana astec, Eupsittula nana astec/vicinalis
Dutch: Olijfkeelaratinga (astec/vicinalis)
Norwegian: mayaparakitt (astec/vicinalis)
Polish: konura aztecka, konura oliwkowa (astec/vicinalis)
Portuguese (Portugal): periquito-jamaicano (astec/vicinalis)
Russian: Ямайская аратинга (astec/vicinalis)
Slovak: klinochvost aztécky, klinochvost aztécky (skup.)
Serbian: Jamajkanska aratinga (actečka podvrsta), Jamajkanska aratinga (astečka podvrsta)
Swedish: olivbröstad parakit (astec/vicinalis)
Turkish: Bronz Göğüslü Papağan (astec/vicinalis), Bronz göğüslü papağanı (astec/vicinalis)