Parrots (Psittacidae)

Red-throated Parakeet (Aratinga rubritorquis) - HBW 4, p. 429

French: Conure à gorge rouge German: Rotkehlsittich Spanish: Aratinga Gorgirroja
Other common names: Red-breasted Parakeet/Conure

Taxonomy: Conurus rubritorquis P. L. Sclater, 1887, South America or West Indies; error = Central America.
Usually considered conspecific with A. holochlora but distinct in morphology and to some extent habitat, and apparently also in behaviour and voice. Monotypic.

Distribution: Highlands of E Guatemala and El Salvador (apparently one record only) S through Honduras to N Nicaragua.