Psittacara holochlorus holochlorus

(Sclater, 1859)

Vernacular names
English : Green parakeet
French : Conure verte

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Psittaciformes
Family : Psittacidae
Notes : 1 other subspecies known.

Identification
Adults grow to 33 cm in length for a weight of 232 g. Plumage is entirely green with slight yellow tinge on breast and belly. Sometimes red spots on head. Bill dirty horn-colored. Large pinkish-grey eye-ring.

Range and habitat
Species found in Mexico and Central America south to Nicaragua. This subspecies occurs in eastern Mexico (Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas to Veracruz). Lives in all kinds of woodlands, swamp forests and arid scrub, locally to 2600 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Appendix II
Status : The species remains locally common and quite safe within its range.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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