Parrots (Psittacidae) - HBW 4

Olive-throated Parakeet (Aratinga nana)

French: Conure aztèque German: Aztekensittich Spanish: Aratinga Pechisucia
Other common names: Olive-throated Conure; Jamaican Parakeet/Conure (nana); Aztec Parakeet/Conure (astec)

Taxonomy: Psittacara nana Vigors, 1830, Jamaica.
Curiously disjunct distribution largely accounts for frequent treatment of race astec as distinct species, incorporating race vicinalis. Three subspecies normally recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • vicinalis (Bangs & Penard, 1919) - NE Mexico.
  • astec (Souancé, 1857) - Caribbean slope from SE Mexico to W Panama.
  • nana (Vigors, 1830) - Jamaica.

  • Least Concern
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