Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax)

Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax))

Brazil

The Brown-throated Parakeet is one of the most common parakeets in its area of Colombia, Venezuela and northern Brazil. There is a separate population in Panama and a further disjunct population south of the Amazon between the Tapajós and Madeira rivers.

There are 14 subspecies showing different amounts of brown on the face, throat and, sometimes, belly as well as differing colours of eye-ring and/or forehead.

The first 2 photos are of the subspecies A. p. chrysophrys and were taken near Boa Vista, Roraima.

Brown-throated Parakeet, Thaimaçu, Pará, Brazil, April 2003 - click for larger image

The third and fourth photos were taken at Thaimaçu near the São Benedito River, Pará and are of the subspecies A. p. paraensis which looks so different one wonders if it is not a seperate species.

The Brown-throated Parakeet is found in a wide variety of habitats from arid scrub to forest edges.

There is an illustration in Hilty & Brown, Plate 10; and in HBW, Volume 4, Page 434.

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