SIBLEY's SEQUENCE
Order PSITTACIFORMES |
Psephotus
haematonotus RED-RUMPED PARROT.
Open woodland, scrub, farmlands, towns. Se Australia n to s Queensland
and w to e S. Australia. The distinctive subspecies narethae has
been found sympatrically with P. h. pallescens, but the individuals of
narethae are said to have been transported to the area.
Psephotus
varius MULGA PARROT. Inland
scrub, mulga, mallee, riverine woodland. Int. s Australia from s
W. Australia e across s N. Terr. to s Queensland and s through se Australia,
except coastally.
Psephotus dissimilis HOODED PARROT.
Dry open woodland, spinfex, eucalyptus woodland bordering rivers.
Nc Australia in N. Terr. from Arnhem Land w to s Alligator R. and s to
Mararanka.
Sometimes treated as a well-marked race of P.
pulcherrimus.
Psephotus
chrysopterygius GOLDEN-SHOULDERED PARROT. Open eucalyptus
and paperback woodland, scrub, mangroves. Extreme ne Australia on
Cape York peninsula.
*Psephotus
pulcherrimus PARADISE PARROT. Presumably extinct;
last record 1927.
Grassy eucalyptus woodland, scrubby grasslands.
Formerly in se Queensland and ne New S. Wales.
Cyanoramphus
unicolor ANTIPODES PARAKEET. Dense, tall Poa tussocks,
open scrub. Antipodes Is. off New Zealand.
Cyanoramphus cookii NORFOLK ISLAND
PARAKEET. Forest. Norfolk I.
Sometimes treated as a race of C. novaezelandiae.
Cyanoramphus
novaezelandiae RED-FRONTED PARAKEET. Forest, scrub,
grassy tussocks. New Caledonia, (formerly on Lord Howe I., now extinct),
New Zealand on North, South, Stewart and Great Barrier islands; Auckland,
Kermadec, Chatham and Antipodes is. Formerly on Macquarie I., now
extirpated.
Cyanoramphus
auriceps YELLOW-FRONTED PARAKEET. Forest, subalpine
scrub. Lowlands and mts. in New Zealand, Auckland Is. and a small
population on Little Mangere I. in the Chatham Is. C. malherbi seems
to be a color morph of C. auriceps.
*Cyanoramphus
zealandicus BLACK-FRONTED PARAKEET. Extinct;
formerly Tahiti, se Society Is.
*Cyanoramphus
ulietanus RAIATEA PARAKEET.
Extinct;
known from two specimens taken in 1773 on Raiatea I. in the ec Society
Is.
Eunymphicus cornutus HORNED PARAKEET. Humid forest. New Caledonia and Ouvéa I. in the nw Loyalty Is.
Neopsephotus bourkii BOURKE'S PARROT. Acacia scrub, mulga, eucalyptus woodland. Locally from wc,c W. Australia e across s N. Terr. and n S. Australia to s Queensland and nw New S. Wales.
Neophema
chrysostoma BLUE-WINGED PARROT. Open woodland, forest,
heath, coastal scrub, grasslands, mallee, mulga, edges of swamps, farmlands,
orchards. Coastal se S. Australia and s Victoria, including Tasmania.
Neophema
elegans ELEGANT PARROT. Open woodland, scrub, grasslands,
mallee, mulga, salt marshes. Disjunctly in sw W. Australia n to Merridin
and e to Esperance; se S. Australia w to Kangaroo I. and Flinders Range
and n to Lake Callabonna. Ranges, mostly as nomadic flocks, e to
w New South Wales and nw Victoria.
Neophema
petrophila ROCK PARROT.
Rocky islands, sandy areas, coastal scrub, grasslands, swamps. Coastal
sw,sc Australia from s W. Australia e to s S. Australia.
Neophema
chrysogaster ORANGE-BELLIED PARROT. Open grasslands
or bare areas, salt marshes, sandy areas, tidal beaches. Sw Tasmania;
formerly bred e New S. Wales, now
extirpated.
Neophema
pulchella TURQUOISE PARROT.
Open woodland, grasslands, heath, scrub, orchards. From se Queensland
s through e New S. Wales to n Victoria.
Neophema
splendida SCARLET-CHESTED PARROT. Mallee, mulga open
eucalyptus woodland, scrub, spinifex. In s W. Australia, extreme
s N. Terr., S. Australia, and rarely mallee areas of extreme w New S. Wales
and extreme nw Victoria.
Lathamus discolor SWIFT PARROT. Eucalyptus woodland, towns, grasslands. Tasmania, including Furneaux Is.; reported breeding in s Victoria unconfirmed.
Melopsittacus
undulatus BUDGERIGAR. Grasslands, spinifex, mallee,
mulga, riverine woodland, farmlands. Arid parts of Australia, rarely
to coastal areas and Kangaroo I.
Intro. wc Florida, U.S.A.
Pezoporus wallicus GROUND PARROT. Swampy heath, coastal and subalpine grassy flats and slopes, occasionally grasslands and pastures. Locally in coastal areas in s W. Australia, and from se Queensland s to s Victoria, incl. coastal Tasmania and Hunter I. in Bass Strait.
Geopsittacus occidentalis NIGHT PARROT. (Pezoporus) Spinifex in stony or sandy areas, samphire flats, margins of salt lakes and rivers, possibly saltbush. Formerly arid int. Australia, possibly coastal nw W. Australia. Seven recent, and probably authentic, sightings near Cloncurry in nw Queensland reported in Emu 93:292, 1993. In 1990 a road-killed bird was found at Boulia, nw Queensland (Boles, et al. 1994. Emu 94:37-40).
Strigops habroptilus KAKAPO. Forest, scrubby snow tussock meadows. Nearing extinction, formerly lowlands and mts. to 1250 m of New Zealand; surviving in small numbers on Stewart I. and in Fiordland near Milford Sound on the sw side of the S. Island of New Zealand.
*Mascarinus mascarinus MASCARENE PARROT. Extinct; formerly on Réunion and possibly Mauritius in the w Mascarene Is. Known from two specimens; last living bird died in captivity in 1834.
Coracopsis
vasa VASA PARROT. Forest,
savanna. Madagascar region in hills above 300 m of Comoro Is.(Grand
Comoro, Mohéli, Anjouan); and lowlands to 1000 m of Madagascar.
Coracopsis
nigra BLACK PARROT. Dense woodland, brushy areas, mangroves.
Lowlands in Comoro Is. (Grand Comoro, Anjouan), Madagascar and n Seychelles
(Praslin).
Psittacus
erithacus GREY PARROT.
Humid forest, savanna woodland, mangroves, villages.
In Guinea-Bissau, s Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone,
Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, s Cameroon, Fernando Po and
Príncipe islands, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, C. Afr. Rep.,
n Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, w Kenya, nw Tanzania, s to sw,ec Zaire
and Angola.
Poicephalus
robustus BROWN-NECKED PARROT.
Forest, mangroves, farmlands.
The three forms are allopatric and may be separate
species.
P. r. fuscicollis. Drier lowlands
below 1250 m in Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Ivory Coast and n Ghana.
P. r. suahelicus. In s,e Zaire,
sw Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, c Tanzania, Malawi, s Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique,
extreme ne S. Africa, n Botswana, Angola and n Namibia.
P. r. robustus. CAPE PARROT.
Montane and coastal forest of e S. Africa from ec Transvaal to e Cape Province.
Poicephalus
gulielmi RED-FRONTED PARROT. Forest. Lowlands
and mts. to 3500 m in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, s Cameroon, Equatorial
Guinea, Gabon, Congo, C. African Rep., n,ne Zaire, Uganda, c Kenya, n Tanzania,
n Angola and sc Zaire.
Poicephalus
senegalus SENEGAL PARROT. Savannah woodland, open forest,
farmlands. In Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, s Mauritania, s
Mali, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, s Niger,
Nigeria, Cameroon and sw Chad.
Poicephalus
crassus NIAM-NIAM PARROT. Forest, savannah woodland.
In sw Chad, C. African Rep. to extreme n Zaire and sw Sudan.
Poicephalus
meyeri MEYER'S PARROT. Savanna, riparian woodland,
second growth, acacia scrub, farmlands. Lowlands to 1250 m in L.
Chad area, C. African Rep., ne,ce,sc Zaire and n Angola e to c Sudan, Ethiopia,
Eritrea, s through Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, w,s Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi
and Zambia to n Namibia, n,e Botswana, n S. Africa, Zimbabwe and extreme
cw Mozambique.
Poicephalus
flavifrons YELLOW-FRONTED PARROT.
Cedar-podocarp and Higenia forest. Mts., 1000-3000 m, of n,c,sw Ethiopia.
Poicephalus
rufiventris RED-BELLIED PARROT. Dry thornbush, acacia
scrub, savanna, arid plains. Lowlands to 2000 m in Ethiopia and Somalia
s through Kenya to cn Tanzania.
Poicephalus
cryptoxanthus BROWN-HEADED PARROT. Dry woodland, acacia
scrub. Lowlands to 1000 m from coastal se Kenya s through e Tanzania
and Mozambique to e S. Africa, and inland to int. Tanzania, Malawi and
se Zimbabwe.
Poicephalus
rueppellii RUEPPELL'S PARROT. Riparian woodland, open
dry forest. Lowlands to 1250 m from w Angola s to c Namibia.
Agapornis
canus GREY-HEADED LOVEBIRD. Forest edge, brush, grasslands,
farmlands. Lowlands to 1000 m of Madagascar. Intro. Mascarene,
Comoro islands and Seychelles.
Agapornis
pullarius RED-HEADED LOVEBIRD. Second growth, open
woodland, savanna, farmlands. Lowlands to 1400 m in Guinea, Sierra
Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea
islands, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, s Chad, C. African Rep., s Sudan
and cw Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, nw Tanzania and s to nw
Angola, sw,sc,ce Zaire.
Agapornis
taranta BLACK-WINGED LOVEBIRD. Forest. Highlands,
1300-3200 m, of n,c,w Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Agapornis
swindernianus BLACK-COLLARED
LOVEBIRD. Humid forest. Locally in lowlands to 1800 m in Liberia,
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, C. African Rep. and nw,nc,ne,ce
Zaire to w Uganda.
Agapornis
roseicollis ROSY-FACED LOVEBIRD.
Dry open country, savanna. Lowlands to 1600 m in cw,sw Angola, Namibia
(exc. ne) and nw S. Africa in n Cape Prov.
Agapornis
fischeri FISCHER'S LOVEBIRD. Acacia grassland, savanna,
farmlands. Highlands 1100-1700 m, in Kenya and nw,cn Tanzania.
Intro. coastal ne Tanzania and s Kenya.
Agapornis
personatus YELLOW-COLLARED LOVEBIRD. Acacia grasslands,
savanna. Highlands, 1100-1700 m, in Burundi, Kenya and ne,c,sc Tanzania.
Intro. coastal Tanzania, sc Kenya.
Agapornis
lilianae LILIAN'S LOVEBIRD.
Mopane and acacia woodland, mostly in river valleys. Lowlands, 600-1000
m, in s Tanzania, Malawi, e Zambia, n Zimbabwe and nw Mozambique.
Agapornis
nigrigenis BLACK-CHEEKED LOVEBIRD.
Mopane woodland in river valleys. Lowlands, 600-1000 m, in sw Zambia.
Sometimes treated as a race of A. lilianae.
Loriculus
vernalis VERNAL HANGING-PARROT. Open forest, woodland,
jungle thickets, bamboo, second growth. Lowlands and mts. to 2000
m in c,s,e India, Andaman and Nicobar is., Burma and Indochina.
Loriculus
beryllinus CEYLON HANGING-PARROT.
Woodland, towns. Lowlands and mts. to 1600 m of Sri Lanka.
Loriculus
philippensis COLASISI or PHILIPPINE HANGING-PARROT.
Forest, second growth, woodland, bamboo, farmlands. Lowlands and
mts. to 2500 m of Philippines including Sulu Archipelago.
Loriculus
galgulus BLUE-CROWNED HANGING-PARROT.
Open woodland, bamboo, orchards, towns. Lowlands to 1250 m in Malay
Pen., Sumatra and Borneo.
Loriculus
stigmatus SULAWESI HANGING-PARROT.
Open country, woodland, villages. Lowlands to 800 m of Sulawesi and
nearby islands.
Loriculus
amabilis MOLUCCAN HANGING-PARROT. Forest edge, second
growth, towns. Wallacea on is. off e,ne Sulawesi (Peleng, Banggai,
Sula, Sangihe) and n Moluccas (Halmahera, Bacan).
Loriculus catamene SANGIHE HANGING-PARROT.
Forest edge, second growth, towns. Sangihe Is. on Great Sangi.
May be conspecific with L. stigmatus.
Loriculus
aurantiifrons ORANGE-FRONTED HANGING-PARROT. Forest.
Locally in lowlands to 1200 m in w Papuan is., New Guinea and D'Entrecasteaux
Arch.
Loriculus tener GREEN-FRONTED HANGING-PARROT.
Forest. Bismarck Arch. on New Hanover, New Ireland, New Britain and
Duke of York islands.
Sometimes treated as a race of L. aurantiifrons.
Loriculus
exilis RED-BILLED HANGING-PARROT or PYGMY HANGING-PARROT.
Forest, woodland, mangroves. Lowlands to at least 800 m of n,e,se
Sulawesi.
Loriculus
pusillus YELLOW-THROATED HANGING-PARROT. Forest, edge.
Lowlands and mts. to 1850 m in Java and Bali.
Loriculus
flosculus WALLACE'S HANGING-PARROT. Humid forest.
Flores, Lesser Sunda Islands. Known from three specimens and thought
to be extinct, but rediscovered in the Selah Legium forest on w Flores
Island in the Lesser Sundas (World Birdwatch 15(4):5).
Psittacula
eupatria ALEXANDRINE PARAKEET.
Forest, woodland, farmlands, mangroves. Lowlands and mts. to 1800
m from e Afghanistan and Pakistan e through India, Burma and Thailand to
Cambodia, c,s Laos, c Vietnam and Andaman Is. Intro. cs Iran.
*Psittacula
wardi SEYCHELLES PARAKEET.
Extinct.
Last reported in 1881, definitely gone by 1906; formerly Seychelles on
Mahé, Silhouette.
Extinction probably caused by forest destruction.
Sometimes treated as a race of P. eupatria.
Psittacula
krameri ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET.
Open woodland, savanna, farmlands. In s Mauritania, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau,
s Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Liberia, c Ivory Coast, s Ghana, Togo, s
Benin, s Niger, c Nigeria, n Cameroon, n C. Afr. Rep., s Chad and c,s Sudan
e to nw Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, n,se Somalia, ne Zaire, nw Uganda.
Lowlands to 1800 m from Afghanistan and Pakistan e through India to Burma.
Intro. Egypt, Kenya, s,e Africa, Mascarene Is., Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Hong
Kong, Macau, Singapore, Hawaiian Is., se Florida in the U.S.A.; possibly
elsewhere.
Psittacula
echo MAURITIUS PARAKEET.
Scrub forest. Mauritius I.; possibly formerly Réunion.
Sometimes treated as a race of P. krameri.
*Psittacula
exsul NEWTON'S PARAKEET.
Forest. Extinct;
formerly Rodrigues I., e Mascarene Is.
Psittacula
himalayana SLATY-HEADED PARAKEET. Forest, second growth.
Himalayas to 2500 m in e Afghanistan, n Pakistan and n India.
Psittacula finschii GREY-HEADED
PARAKEET. Forest, second growth, orchards. Foothills and mts.
to 3600 m in n,e India, sw China, Burma, nw,ne,sw Thailand, Cambodia, Laos
and Vietnam.
Sometimes considered to be conspecific with himalayana,
but they overlap in Nepal and e India, apparently without interbreeding.
Psittacula
intermedia INTERMEDIATE PARAKEET. Presumably forest.
Specimens apparently came from n India in the Himalayas.
Often treated as a hybrid between himalayana
and cyanocephala, but is a good species sympatric with himalayana.
Psittacula
cyanocephala PLUM-HEADED PARAKEET. Open scrub, deciduous
woodland, open forest, farmlands. Lowlands and mts. to 1800 m in
ne Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.
Psittacula
roseata BLOSSOM-HEADED PARAKEET.
Forest, second growth, farmlands. Lowlands to 900 m in e India, s
China, Burma, nw,ne,sw Thailand, Cambodia, c,s Laos and c,s Vietnam.
Psittacula
columboides MALABAR PARAKEET. Humid forest, woodland.
Lowlands to 1500 m of sw India.
Psittacula
calthropae LAYARD'S PARAKEET.
Forest, woodland. Lowlands to 2000 m of Sri Lanka.
Psittacula
derbiana DERBYAN PARAKEET. Pine and rhododendron forest.
Himalayas, 2800-4000 m, of sw China, se Tibet.
Psittacula
alexandri RED-BREASTED PARAKEET.
Forest, second growth, mangroves. Lowlands to 1500 m from n,e India,
Burma and s China s through Indochina to Andaman Is., and islands off Sumatra,
Java and Bali. Intro. in s Borneo.
Psittacula
caniceps NICOBAR PARAKEET. Forest, woodland.
Nicobar Is.
Psittacula
longicauda LONG-TAILED PARAKEET
or PINK-CHEEKED PARAKEET. Forest, woodland, palm groves, second growth.
Lowlands to 350 m in Andaman and Nicobar is., Malaya, Sumatra (incl. nearby
islands) and Borneo.
Anodorhynchus
hyacinthinus HYACINTH MACAW.
Swamps, forest, palm groves.
Lowlands in extreme e Bolivia (e Santa Cruz)
and int. Brazil from Rio Tapajós e to Pará, Maranhão
and Piauí, and s through Goiás and w Bahia to Mato Grosso
and Minas Gerais, and n Paraguay.
Anodorhynchus
leari INDIGO MACAW. Arid canyons, caatinga.
Plateau region of ne Brazil.
*Anodorhynchus
glaucus GLAUCOUS MACAW. Forest, palm groves.
Probably extinct,
last recorded 1915;
formerly lowlands in Paraguay, nw Uruguay, extreme
se Brazil and ne Argentina.
*Cyanopsitta spixii LITTLE BLUE MACAW. Palm groves. Formerly lowlands of e Brazil. Extinct in the wild but survives in captivity.
Ara
ararauna BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW.
Forest, savanna, swamps, riverine woodland. Lowlands to 500 m in
e Panama, and from n,e Colombia, s Venezuela, Trinidad and Guianas s, e
of Andes, through e Ecuador and e Peru to n,e Bolivia, Paraguay and c,e
Brazil.
Ara
glaucogularis BLUE-THROATED
MACAW. Probably riverine forest, chaco. In e Bolivia, Paraguay
and n Argentina. Rare, but rediscovered in Bolivia in 1992 (Cotinga,
vol. 1, Feb. 1994).
Ara
militaris MILITARY MACAW.
Dry forest, open woodland, pine-oak forest, riverine woodland. Lowlands
and mts. to 2500 m from se Sonora, sw Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Zacatecas,
San Luis Potosí, s Nuevo León and c Tamaulipas s to México,
Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas; extirpated in most n portions of range.
Locally in Colombia, n Venezuela, e Ecuador, nw,ne Peru, e,se Bolivia and
nw Argentina.
Ara
ambigua GREAT GREEN MACAW. Humid forest, edge, farmlands.
Lowlands to 600 m on Caribbean slope of e Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa
Rica, both slopes of Panama, and nw Colombia; w Ecuador, possibly sw Colombia.
May be conspecific with militaris.
Ara
macao SCARLET MACAW. Forest edge, open woodland, savanna,
farmlands. Lowlands to 1100 m from Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Oaxaca,
Tabasco, Chiapas and s Campeche s to Panama, and from n,e Colombia, Venezuela
and Guianas s, e of the Andes, through e Ecuador and e Peru to n,c Bolivia
and Amazonian Brazil.
Ara
chloropterus RED-AND-GREEN MACAW. Humid forest.
Lowlands and foothills to 1400 m in e Panama, and from nw,n,e Colombia,
Venezuela and Guianas s, e of Andes, through e Ecuador, e Peru, n,e Bolivia
and n,e,c Brazil to Paraguay and n Argentina.
*Ara cubensis CUBAN MACAW.
Forest edge, open country with scattered trees, palm groves. Extinct;
formerly Cuba, possibly Isle of Pines.
Last specimen taken in 1864.
*Ara
tricolor HISPANIOLAN MACAW. Presumably forest edge.
Extinct.
Last reported in 1820; formerly Hispaniola.
Ara
rubrogenys RED-FRONTED MACAW. Riverine forest, scrub.
Andean valleys, 1300-2400 m of c Bolivia in se Cochabamba, w Santa Cruz,
ne Potosí and nw Chuquisaca.
Ara
severa CHESTNUT-FRONTED MACAW.
Forest, woodland, swamps. Lowlands to 1000 m in e Panama, nw,n,e
Colombia, w Venezuela, Guianas, e Peru, n,e Bolivia and Amazonian n,c Brazil.
Ara
manilata RED-BELLIED MACAW.
Savanna, swamps, palm groves, towns, woodland. Lowlands to 500 m
e of Andes from se Colombia, n,se Venezuela, Trinidad and Guianas s through
e Ecuador and e Peru to n,e Bolivia and Amazonian,c
Brazil.
Ara
couloni BLUE-HEADED MACAW.
Forest, especially cut-over areas. In e Peru, n Bolivia and adjacent
w Amazonian Brazil.
Ara
maracana BLUE-WINGED MACAW. Forest, generally near
water. Lowlands in e Brazil, Paraguay and ne Argentina.
Ara
auricollis YELLOW-COLLARED MACAW. Swamps, forest.
From n,e,se Bolivia and nw Argentina e through Paraguay to sc Brazil.
Ara
nobilis RED-SHOULDERED MACAW. Forest, edge, savanna,
woodland. Lowlands in e Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, extreme se Peru,
n Bolivia and n,e Brazil.
Aratinga
acuticaudata BLUE-CROWNED PARAKEET.
Arid savanna, thickets, farmlands. Lowlands to 400 m e of Andes in
ne,e Colombia and n Venezuela; lowlands and mts. to 2650 m from e,se Bolivia,
Paraguay and e,c Brazil s to Uruguay and n Argentina.
Aratinga
guarouba GOLDEN PARAKEET.
Humid forest. Lowlands of ne Brazil.
Aratinga
holochlora GREEN PARAKEET.
Open woodland, pine forest, humid forest, farmlands. Lowlands and
mts. to 2200 m in sw Chihuahua, ne Sinaloa, s Sonora, and from s Nuevo
León and Tamaulipas s to Guanajuato, México, Puebla, Oaxaca,
Veracruz and Chiapas; Socorro I. in the Revillagigedo Is.; mts., 900-2600
m, in c,e Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, n Nicaragua. Occurs in
sympatry with strenua in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, hence they
are separate species.
Aratinga strenua PACIFIC PARAKEET.
Open woodland, pine forest, arid scrub, farmlands. Pacific slope
from Oaxaca and Chiapas s through n C. America to sw Nicaragua.
See A. holochlora.
Aratinga
wagleri SCARLET-FRONTED PARAKEET.
Humid forest, edge, farmlands, orchards.
The two subspecies groups may be separate species.
A. w. wagleri. Mts., 1000-3000 m,
of Colombia and n Venezuela.
A.
w. frontata Mts., 1000-3000 m, of w Ecuador and nw,e,se Peru.
Aratinga
mitrata MITRED PARAKEET.
Humid forest, edge, farmlands. Andes, 1000-2600 m, in c,se Peru,
c,se Bolivia and nw Argentina; and in Andes, 2800-3400 m, of c Peru.
The population in the Andes of c Peru, A. m.
alticola, may be a separate species.
Aratinga
erythrogenys RED-MASKED PARAKEET. Dry forest, edge,
farmlands. Arid zone in w Ecuador and nw Peru.
Aratinga
finschi CRIMSON-FRONTED PARAKEET.
Open humid woodland, forest edge, farmlands. Lowlands in se Nicaragua,
Costa Rica and w Panama.
Aratinga
leucophthalmus WHITE-EYED PARAKEET. Mangroves, palm
groves, open forest, savanna, farmlands. Lowlands to 500 m e of Andes
from se Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Guianas s through e Ecuador,
e Peru and Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, n Uruguay and n Argentina.
Aratinga
euops CUBAN PARAKEET.
Heavy forest, open country. Cuba and the I. of Pines.
Aratinga
chloroptera HISPANIOLAN PARAKEET.
Forest, open woodland, second growth. Mts. of Hispaniola; formerly
Mona I. and probably Puerto Rico before 1883.
Aratinga
solstitialis SUN PARAKEET. Open forest, savanna, palm
groves. Lowlands to 1200 m of extreme se Venezuela, Guianas and ne
Brazil.
Aratinga
jandaya JANDAYA PARAKEET. Forest, edge, palm groves.
Lowlands of ne Brazil.
Aratinga
auricapilla GOLDEN-CAPPED PARAKEET. Forest, open woodland,
savanna. Lowlands of e Brazil from Bahia s to Rio Grande do Sul.
Aratinga
weddellii DUSKY-HEADED PARAKEET. Forest, savanna, woodland,
usually near water. Lowlands to 500 m e of Andes from se Colombia
s through e Ecuador, e Peru and Amazonian Brazil to n Bolivia.
Aratinga
nana OLIVE-THROATED PARAKEET. Forest, scrub, second
growth, farmlands, woodland. Lowlands and to 1100 m on Gulf-Caribbean
slope from s Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Yucatán Pen. s to extreme
w Panama; Jamaica.
Aratinga
canicularis ORANGE-FRONTED PARAKEET. Deciduous forest,
edge, open woodland, arid scrub, swamps, towns. Lowlands to 1500
m on Pacific slope from c Sinaloa and w Durango s to nw Costa Rica; Caribbean
slope of Honduras.
Aratinga
aurea PEACH-FRONTED PARAKEET. Savanna, deciduous woodland,
open country, farmlands. Lowlands e of Andes from extreme se Peru,
Brazil s to n,e Bolivia, n Argentina and n Paraguay.
Aratinga
pertinax BROWN-THROATED PARAKEET. Arid scrub, semi-desert,
mangrove, savanna, farmlands, woodland. Lowlands of w Panama; lowlands
to 1600 m in n,e Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas and n Brazil. Intro.
Virgin Is., recently spreading to e Puerto Rico, Culebra I. and St. John.
Aratinga
cactorum CAATINGA PARAKEET.
Deciduous thorn scrub, caatinga, open woodland, savanna. Lowlands
of e Brazil.
Nandayus nenday NANDAY PARAKEET. Savanna, palm groves, farmlands. In se Bolivia, sw Brazil, Paraguay and n Argentina. Introduced in Florida, but not certainly established.
Leptosittaca branickii GOLDEN-PLUMED PARAKEET. Humid forest. Andes, 1800-3500 m in c Colombia, sw Ecuador and c Peru.
Ognorhynchus icterotis YELLOW-EARED PARROT. Forest, wax palms. Andes, 2000-3400 m in Colombia and n Ecuador.
Rhynchopsitta
pachyrhyncha THICK-BILLED PARROT. Pine-oak forest.
Mts., 1500-3400 m in Sierra Madre de Occidental in Chihuahua, Durango,
probably elsewhere. Formerly ranged n to s Arizona and s to c Mexico.
Snyder, et al. (1994. Condor 96:845-862) reviewed
the results of experimental releases in Arizona since 1986. Wild-caught
adults survived well and some reproduced in the wild. Captive-raised
birds had poor survival rates.
Rhynchopsitta terrisi MAROON-FRONTED PARROT. Pine-oak forest. Mts., 1800-3100 m, in Sierra Madre Oriental in se Coahuila, Nuevo León and w Tamaulipas.