Brotogeris jugularis

• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Prefers open areas with scattered trees , semi-open spaces, and the edge of forests .

Vegetation: tropical deciduous forests, tropical lowland evergreen forest, gallery forests, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands • Maximum Elevation: 1,200 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: L?

Biome: Terrestrial

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

Biology

Diet

Feeds on fruit and seeds from Ficus trees , and other trees such as Cecropia and Ceibo, as well as flowers and nectar from Poro, Guaba, and Balsa trees.

Reproduction

As with many other parakeets, preferred nesting sites are empty termite nests . Several pairs may nest in a large termite nest or the same dead tree . Each pair makes their own cavity .

Behavior

Forms flocks of up to 50 individuals, but during the breeding season , forms pairs or smaller groups.

Taxonomy

Notes

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

Similar Species

Members of the genus Brotogeris

There are approximately 35 species in this genus:

B. chiriri (Yellow-Chevroned Parakeet) · B. chiriri behni · B. chiriri chiriri (Yellow-Chevroned Parakeet) · B. chiriri ssp · B. chrysoptera (Golden-Winged Parakeet) · B. chrysoptera chrysoptera (Golden-Winged Parakeet) · B. chrysoptera chrysopterus · B. chrysoptera chrysosema · B. chrysoptera solimoensis · B. chrysoptera tenuifrons · B. chrysoptera tuipara · B. chrysopterus (Golden-Winged Parakeet) · B. chrysopterus chrysopterus (Golden-Winged Parakeet) · B. chrysopterus chrysosema · B. chrysopterus tuipara · B. cyanoptera (Cobalt-Winged Parakeet) · B. cyanoptera beniensis · B. cyanoptera cyanoptera (Cobalt-Winged Parakeet) · B. cyanoptera gustavi · B. gustavi · B. jugularis (Orange-Chinned Parakeet) · B. jugularis exsul · B. jugularis jugularis (Orange-Chinned Parakeet) · B. pyrrhoptera (Grey-Cheeked Parakeet) · B. pyrrhopterus (Grey-Cheeked Parakeet) · B. sanctithomae (Tui Parakeet) · B. sanctithomae sanctithomae (Tui Parakeet) · B. sanctithomae takatsukasae · B. tirica (Plain Parakeet) · B. tui · B. tuipara · B. versicolorus · B. versicolurus (Canary-Winged Parakeet) · B. versicolurus chiriri · B. versicolurus versicolurus (Canary-Winged Parakeet)

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Further Reading

• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- ENG url p. 203, p. 592, p. 596.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 105, p. 124, p. 131, p. 152, p. 153, p. 69, p. 95, p. 97, p. 98.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 183, p. 186.
• Field Museum of Natural History bulletin. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, [1930]-c1990. ENG url p. 15.
• Naturalist's guide to the Americas, prepared by the Committee on the Preservation of Natural Conditions of the Ecological Society of America, with assistance from numerous organizations and individuals, assembled and edited by chairman, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1926. ENG url p. 580.
• Pacific coast avifauna / Cooper Ornithological Club of California. Santa Clara, Calif.: The Club, 1900-1974. ENG url p. 6.
• Postilla. New Haven, Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1950-2004. ENG url p. 19.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia] ENG url p. 368.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. [Washington, Biological Society of Washington] ENG url p. 132, p. 191.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. ENG url p. 576.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 43, p. 630.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. ENG url p. 522, p. 595, p. 64, p. 86.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. Brotogeris jugularis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. and lt;www.iucnredlist.org and gt;. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2004. 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 and 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 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 40 providers.
• 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.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Zoo Ave, Alajuela, Costa Rica

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 14, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3853451
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-177741
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13742256
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177741
• IUCN ID: 48075
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 67392

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