Red-throated parakeet
| Red-throated parakeet | |
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| At a nature reserve near Copan, Honduras | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Psittacara |
| Species: | P. rubritorquis
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| Binomial name | |
| Psittacara rubritorquis (Sclater, 1887)
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The red-throated parakeet (Psittacara rubritorquis), also called red-throated conure, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the green parakeet.
Head and neck
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Psittacara rubritorquis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22729157A95008068. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22729157A95008068.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Psittacara
- Birds of Honduras
- Birds of El Salvador
- Birds described in 1887
- Taxa named by Philip Sclater
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