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Aratinga nana

Photo by Carlos B
Photographed: Tortuguero NP, Costa Rica

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, St. Thomas, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Mexico and Central America.

Taxonomy

Habitat

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.

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