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| - | ;Aratinga nana | + | [[Image:Olive-throated_Parakeet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''astec''<br />Photo by {{user|Carlos+B|Carlos B}} <br /> [[Tortuguero National Park]], [[Costa Rica]], July 2006]] |
| - | [[Image:Olive-throated_Parakeet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Carlos B <br/> Photographed: Tortuguero NP, Costa Rica]] | + | ;[[: Category:Aratinga|Aratinga]] nana |
| | + | '''Includes Aztec Parakeet''' |
| | ==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 |
| | + | *Bare cream skin around the eye |
| | + | :*Younger birds tend to have dark irises |
| | + | *Olive lower body |
| | + | *Grey feet<br /> |
| | + | ==Distribution== |
| | + | [[Image:Olive-throated_Parakeet_Portland_Jamaica_by_Stanley_Jones.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''nana''<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}} <br /> Ecclesdown Road , [[Jamaica]] November 2010]] |
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| | + | [[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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| - | ==Distribution== | + | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | [[Jamaica]], [[St. Thomas]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]]. | + | ====Subspecies==== |
| | + | Three subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: |
| | + | *''A.n. nana'' is native to [[Jamaica]] |
| | + | *''A.n vicinalis'' is found in north-east [[Mexico]] |
| | + | *''A.n astec'' is found from south-east Mexico to [[Costa Rica]]/western [[Panama]] |
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| - | ==Taxonomy== | + | The last two subspecies were named Aztec Parakeet in Howell and Webb. |
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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 semi-open areas, but also feeding on crops, causing conflict 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. | + | ====Breeding==== |
| - | | + | They nest in termite holes and lay 3-5 eggs which hatch in 26- 27 days. They fledge about 50 days later. |
| - | Diet includes fruits, vegetables and the buds of many trees and cultivated crops. | + | ====Diet==== |
| - | | + | Diet includes fruits, vegetables and tree buds and agricultural crops. Feeding often occurs in flocks. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}# Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124 |
| | + | #ambergriscaye.com |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | {{GSearch|Aratinga nana}} | + | {{GSearch|Aratinga_nana}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Aratinga]] |
The Jamaican subspecies has in the past been considered a separate species from the Central American birds.
Forest edges and other semi-open areas, but also feeding on crops, causing conflict with local farmers.
They nest in termite holes and lay 3-5 eggs which hatch in 26- 27 days. They fledge about 50 days later.
Diet includes fruits, vegetables and tree buds and agricultural crops. Feeding often occurs in flocks.
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