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| | [[Image:Olive-throated_Parakeet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Carlos B <br/> Photographed: Tortuguero NP, [[Costa Rica]]]] | | [[Image:Olive-throated_Parakeet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Carlos B <br/> Photographed: Tortuguero NP, [[Costa Rica]]]] |
| | + | ;[[: Category:Aratinga|Aratinga]] nana |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | 30cm. Green head, back, and tail, olive throat and upper breast, orange eyes, cream bare skin around the eye, olive lower body, grey feet. The younger birds tend to have dark irises. | | 30cm. Green head, back, and tail, olive throat and upper breast, orange eyes, cream bare skin around the eye, olive lower body, grey feet. The younger birds tend to have dark irises. |
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| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | [[Jamaica]], [[St. Thomas]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]]. | + | [[Jamaica]], and the Caribbean slope of [[Mexico]] through [[Central America]] to extreme western Panama where it may even be irregular. Can be found as feral in other places including e.g., [[St. Thomas]] and the [[Dominican Republic]]. |
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| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | Three subspecies are recognized: |
| | + | *''nana'' is native to Jamaica |
| | + | *''vicinalis'' is found in north-east Mexico |
| | + | *''astec'' is found from south-east Mexico to [[Costa Rica]]/western [[Panama]] |
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| | + | The Jamaican subspecies has in the past been considered a separate species from the Central American birds. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | + | Forest edges and other semiopen areas, but also feeding on cropland, which causes conflicts with local farmers. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | They nests in termite holes and lay 3-5 eggs which hatch in 26- 27 days. After hatching, it takes about 50 days until fledging. | | They nests in termite holes and lay 3-5 eggs which hatch in 26- 27 days. After hatching, it takes about 50 days until fledging. |
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| - | Diet includes fruits, vegetables and the buds of many trees and cultivated crops. | + | Diet includes fruits, vegetables and the buds of many trees and cultivated crops. Feeding often occurs in flock. |
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| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | {{GSearch|Aratinga nana}} | + | {{GSearch|Aratinga_nana}} |
| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Aratinga]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Aratinga]] |
Revision as of 02:29, 5 February 2010
Photo by Carlos B
Photographed: Tortuguero NP,
Costa Rica- Aratinga nana
Identification
30cm. Green head, back, and tail, olive throat and upper breast, orange eyes, cream bare skin around the eye, olive lower body, grey feet. The younger birds tend to have dark irises.
Distribution
Jamaica, and the Caribbean slope of Mexico through Central America to extreme western Panama where it may even be irregular. Can be found as feral in other places including e.g., St. Thomas and the Dominican Republic.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies are recognized:
- nana is native to Jamaica
- vicinalis is found in north-east Mexico
- astec is found from south-east Mexico to Costa Rica/western Panama
The Jamaican subspecies has in the past been considered a separate species from the Central American birds.
Habitat
Forest edges and other semiopen areas, but also feeding on cropland, which causes conflicts with local farmers.
Behaviour
They nests in termite holes and lay 3-5 eggs which hatch in 26- 27 days. After hatching, it takes about 50 days until fledging.
Diet includes fruits, vegetables and the buds of many trees and cultivated crops. Feeding often occurs in flock.
External Links
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