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Photo by Michael Woodruff
Photographed: San Benito, Southern Texas, USA.

Aratinga holochlora

Includes: Socorro Parakeet; Red-throated Parakeet

[edit] Identification

Bright green overall. Underside of flight feathers yellowish. Grayish skin around eyes. Long, pointed tail. Often has orange flecks on throat

[edit] Distribution

Found in Mexico and northern Central America in deciduous and pine forests. Established in southern Texas where it is common in Brownsville suburbs

[edit] Taxonomy

Four subspecies recognized:

• A. h. holochlora in southern Mexico
• A. h. brewsteri in northwest Mexico
• A. h. brevipes on Socorro Island, sometimes treated as full species Socorro Parakeet. Endangered.
• A. h. rubritorquis from Guatemala to Nicaragua, sometimes treated as full species Red-throated Parakeet

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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