Pacific Parakeet

Pacific Parakeet
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)[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][2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2009). "Aratinga holochlor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/160032365. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  2. ^ E.g. Baillie et al. (2004).

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