Pacific Parakeet

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Pacific Parakeet
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae Genus: Aratinga Species: A. holochlora Subspecies: A. holochlora strenua
Trinomial name
Aratinga holochlora strenua (Ridgway, 1915)
Synonyms
Aratinga strenua

The Pacific Parakeet or Nicaraguan Green Conure (Aratinga holochlora strenua) is a subspecies of the Green Parakeet. It was long considered a distinct species.

This bird is endemic to a small area in western Nicaragua, the El Chocoyero - El Brujo Protected Area. Nesting sites lie within this protected area, but the birds still face threats from the outside world when they leave the reserve to feed. Nonetheless, its population is considered not immediately threatened (especially compared to some of its relatives such as the Socorro Parakeet), and when it was still considered a good species, it was listed as Most Concern by the IUCN.^[1]

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ E.g. Baillie et al. (2004).

[edit] References

• Baillie, J.E.M.; Hilton-Taylor, C. & Stuart, S.N. (eds.) (2004): 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. A Global Species Assessment. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ISBN 2-8317-0826-5
• BirdLife International (2004). Aratinga strenua. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006.