Brown-throated Parakeet

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Brown-throated Parakeet
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Aratinga
Species: A. pertinax
Binomial name
Aratinga pertinax
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in Aruba, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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