Eupsittula
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| Peach-fronted parakeet (Eupsittula aurea) on a termite mound in Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Tribe: | Arini |
| Genus: | Eupsittula Bonaparte, 1853 |
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Eupsittula nana | |
Eupsittula is a genus of South and Middle American parakeets in the tribe Arini. Until 2013, all the species were believed to belong to the genus Aratinga.[1] Some of the Eupsittula species are kept in aviculture or as companion parrots, where they are commonly known as conures.
Species[]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Eupsittula aurea (Gmelin, 1788) | peach-fronted parakeet | eastern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, far northern Argentina and southern Suriname (Sipaliwini savanna). |
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Eupsittula cactorum (Kuhl, 1820) | Caatinga parakeet, or cactus parakeet | Caatinga region in north-eastern Brazil. |
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Eupsittula canicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) | orange-fronted parakeet, or half-moon conure | western Mexico to Costa Rica. |
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Eupsittula nana (Vigors, 1830) | olive-throated parakeet | Jamaica, Mexico, and Central America; introduced to the Dominican Republic |
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Eupsittula pertinax (Linnaeus, 1758) | brown-throated parakeet, or St. Thomas conure | Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad and Tobago, the ABC islands in the Netherlands Antilles, and northern Brazil (mainly the Rio Negro/Branco region) |
References[]
- ^ Remsen, Jr., J.V.; Schirtzinger, E.E.; Ferraroni, Anna; Silveira, Luís Fábio; & Wright, Timothy F. (24 April 2013). DNA-sequence data require revision of the parrot genus Aratinga (Aves: Psittacidae). Zootaxa 3641(3): 296–300. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.3.9
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