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Brown-throated Parakeet Aratinga pertinax Perico Gorjipardo,
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Photo: D. Paulson
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Brown-throated Parakeet Aratinga pertinax Perico Gorjipardo,
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Photo: D. Paulson
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Similar to the Orange-fronted Parakeet, but with variable amounts of orange extending into a large cheek patch. The throat is brown and the eye ring is white. Length: 25 cm.; weight: 76-102 g. Introduced from northern South America to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. Brown-throated Parakeets had been seen in Luquillo, Culebra and Vieques (although not in recent years), but it is not clear if these were recently escaped pet birds or wandering individuals from the established population on St. Thomas. TAXONOMY: PSITTACIFORMES; PSITTACIDAE; Arinae |
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References Camacho Rodrφguez, M., J. Chabert Llompart, and M. L≤pez Flores. 1999. Guφa para la identificaci≤n de las aves ex≤ticas establecidas en Puerto Rico. Depto. de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, San Juan, PR. del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1998. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 4. Sandgrouse to cuckoos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Juniper, T. and M. Parr. 1998. Parrots: A guide to parrots of the world. Yale Univ. Press. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR. Raffaele, H.A. and C. B. Kepler. 1992. Earliest records of the recently introduced avifauna of Puerto Rico. Ornitología Caribeña 3:20-29. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. http://www.arndt-verlag.com/conures.html Brown-throated Parakeet, Spanish text Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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