Aratinga holochlora

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Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: tropical lowland evergreen forest, tropical deciduous forests, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands, tropical lowland evergreen forest, pine-oak forests • Maximum Elevation: 2,200 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Upper tropical: higher slopes, 900-1,600 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 121 meters (396 feet).Standard Deviation = 403.960 based on 282 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Biology

Migration

Nonmigratory

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Aratinga holochlora (Sclater, 1859)
2. Aratinga holochlora (Sclater, PL) 1859

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Red-Crowned Parrot

Members of the genus Aratinga

There are approximately 99 species in this genus:

A. acuticaudata (Blue-Crowned Parakeet) · A. acuticaudata acuticaudata · A. acuticaudata haemorrhous · A. acuticaudata koenigi · A. acuticaudata neoxena · A. acuticaudata neumanni · A. acuticaudata nigrirostris · A. acutirostris · A. astec · A. astec astec · A. astec vicinalis · A. aurea (Peach-Fronted Parakeet) · A. aurea aurea · A. auricapilla · A. auricapilla aurifrons · A. auricapillus (Golden-Capped Parakeet) · A. auricapillus auricapillus · A. auricapillus aurifrons · A. aurifrons · A. brevipes (Socorro Parakeet) · A. cactorum (Cactus Parakeet) · A. cactorum cactorum · A. cactorum caixana · A. caixana · A. canicularis (Orange-Fronted Parakeet) · A. canicularis canicularis · A. canicularis clarae · A. canicularis eburnirostrum · A. chloroptera (Hispaniolan Parakeet) · A. chloroptera chloroptera · A. chloroptera maugei · A. chrysocephalus · A. cyanogularis · A. erythrogenys (Red-Masked Conure) · A. euops (Cuban Conure) · A. fasciatus · A. finschi (Crimson-Fronted Parakeet) · A. flaviventer · A. guarouba (Golden Parakeet) · A. haemorrhous · A. hockingi · A. holochlora (Green Parakeet) · A. holochlora brevipes · A. holochlora brewsteri · A. holochlora holochlora · A. holochlora rubritorquis · A. holochlora strenua · A. jandaya (Jandaya Parakeet) · A. labati (Guadeloupe Parakeet) · A. leucophthalma (White-Eyed Parakeet) · A. leucophthalma callogenys · A. leucophthalma leucophthalma · A. leucophthalma nicefori · A. leucophthalmus · A. leucophthalmus callogenys · A. leucophthalmus leucophthalmus · A. leucophthalmus ssp · A. melanurus · A. mitrata (Mitred Parakeet) · A. mitrata alticola · A. mitrata chlorogenys · A. mitrata mitrata · A. mitrata ssp · A. mitrata tucumana · A. nana (Olive-Throated Parakeet) · A. nana astec · A. nana nana · A. nana vicinalis · A. ninus · A. perlatus · A. pertinax (Brown-Throated Parakeet) · A. pertinax aeruginosa · A. pertinax arubensis · A. pertinax chrysogenys · A. pertinax chrysophrys · A. pertinax griseipecta · A. pertinax lehmanni · A. pertinax margaritensis · A. pertinax ocularis · A. pertinax paraensis · A. pertinax pertinax · A. pertinax surinama · A. pertinax tortugensis · A. pertinax venezuelae · A. pertinax xanthogenia · A. pintoi · A. rubritorquis · A. solstitialis (Sun Conure) · A. solstitialis solstitialis · A. strenua (Pacific Parakeet) · A. wagleri (Scarlet-Fronted Parakeet) · A. wagleri frontata · A. wagleri minor · A. wagleri transilis · A. wagleri wagleri · A. weddellii (Dusky-Headed Parakeet) · A. wedellii · A. xanthopterus · A. xanthopterygius

Bibliography

• Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
• Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. Aratinga holochlora. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
• Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, "Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds," in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3853398
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-177683
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13852019
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177683
• IUCN ID: 48033
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNQA06010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 148791

Footnotes

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