Eupsittula

Eupsittula
	Peach-fronted parakeet(Eupsittula aurea); on a termite mound in Brazil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Tribe:	Arini
Genus:	Eupsittula; Bonaparte, 1853
Type species
	Psittacus petzii=Psittacus canicularis; Leiblin, 1832
Species
	Eupsittula nana; Eupsittula canicularis; Eupsittula aurea; Eupsittula pertinax; Eupsittula cactorum

Eupsittulais a genus ofSouthandMiddle American parakeetsin thetribe Arini.Until 2013, all the species were believed to belong to the genusAratinga.^[2]Some of theEupsittulaspecies are kept inavicultureor ascompanion parrots,where they are commonly known asconures.

Taxonomy

The genusEupsittulawas introduced in 1853 by the French naturalistCharles Lucien Bonapartewith theorange-fronted parakeetas thetype species.^[3]^[4]The genus name combines theAncient Greekeumeaning "good" with theModern Latinpsittulameaning "little parrot".^[5]

The genus contains five species.^[6]

GenusEupsittula–Bonaparte, 1853– five species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
peach-fronted parakeet	Eupsittula aurea (Gmelin, 1788)	eastern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, far northern Argentina and southern Suriname (Sipaliwini savanna).	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Caatinga parakeet, or cactus parakeet	Eupsittula cactorum (Kuhl, 1820) Two subspecies E. c. cactorum(Kuhl,1820) E. c. caixana(Spix,1824)	Caatinga region in north-eastern Brazil.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
orange-fronted parakeet, or half-moon conure	Eupsittula canicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Three subspecies E. c. clarae(Moore, R.T.,1937) E. c. eburnirostrum(Lesson, R.,1842) E. c. canicularis(Linnaeus,1758)	western Mexico to Costa Rica.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU
olive-throated parakeet	Eupsittula nana (Vigors, 1830) Three subspecies E. n. vicinalisBangs&Penard, T.E.,1919 E. n. astec(Souancé,1857) E. n. nana(Vigors,1830)	Jamaica, Mexico, and Central America; introduced to the Dominican Republic	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
brown-throated parakeet, or St. Thomas conure	Eupsittula pertinax (Linnaeus, 1758) Fourteen subspecies E. p. ocularis(Sclater, P.L.&Salvin,1865) E. p. aeruginosa(Linnaeus,1758) E. p. griseipecta(Meyer de Schauensee,1950) E. p. lehmanni(Dugand,1943) E. p. arubensis(Hartert, E.,1892) E. p. pertinax(Linnaeus, 1758) E. p. xanthogenia(Bonaparte,1850) E. p. tortugensis(Cory,1909) E. p. margaritensisCory, 1918 E. p. venezuelae(Zimmer, J.T.&Phelps,1951) E. p. surinama(Zimmer, J.T. & Phelps, 1951) E. p. chrysophrys(Swainson,1838) E. p. chrysogenys(Massena&Souancé,1854) E. p. paraensis(Sick,1959)	Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad and Tobago, the ABC islands in the Netherlands Antilles, and northern Brazil (mainly the Rio Negro/Branco region)	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

^"Psittacidae".aviansystematics.org.The Trust for Avian Systematics.Retrieved2023-07-24.
^Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Schirtzinger, E.E.; Ferraroni, A.; Silveira, L.F.; Wright, T.F. (2013). "DNA-sequence data require revision of the parrot genusAratinga(Aves: Psittacidae) ".Zootaxa.3641(3): 296–300.doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3641.3.9.PMID 26287088.
^Bonaparte, Charles Lucien(1853)."Notes sur les collections rapportées en 1853, par M. A. Delattre".Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences(in French).37:806–810 [807].
^Dickinson, E.C.;Remsen, J.V. Jr.,eds. (2013).The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World.Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 366.ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.
^Jobling, James A. (2010).The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names.London: Christopher Helm. p. 153.ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^Gill, Frank;Donsker, David;Rasmussen, Pamela,eds. (January 2022)."Parrots, cockatoos".IOC World Bird List Version 12.1.International Ornithologists' Union.Retrieved16 March2022.

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[HM4-1] "Psittacidae".aviansystematics.org.The Trust for Avian Systematics.Retrieved2023-07-24.

[remsen-2] Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Schirtzinger, E.E.; Ferraroni, A.; Silveira, L.F.; Wright, T.F. (2013). "DNA-sequence data require revision of the parrot genusAratinga(Aves: Psittacidae) ".Zootaxa.3641(3): 296–300.doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3641.3.9.PMID 26287088.

[3] Bonaparte, Charles Lucien(1853)."Notes sur les collections rapportées en 1853, par M. A. Delattre".Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences(in French).37:806–810 [807].

[4] Dickinson, E.C.;Remsen, J.V. Jr.,eds. (2013).The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World.Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 366.ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.

[5] Jobling, James A. (2010).The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names.London: Christopher Helm. p. 153.ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[ioc-6] Gill, Frank;Donsker, David;Rasmussen, Pamela,eds. (January 2022)."Parrots, cockatoos".IOC World Bird List Version 12.1.International Ornithologists' Union.Retrieved16 March2022.

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