Bird name:

Green Parakeet

Aratinga holochlora

Order

PSITTACIFORMES

Family

Parakeets and Parrots (Psittacidae)

Code 4

GREP

Code 6

ARAHOL

ITIS

177683

Breeding Location:

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Egg Color:

White

Number of Eggs:

2 - 5

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Migration:

Nonmigratory

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General

Green Parakeet: Fairly large all green parakeet that may show scattered orange or red feathers on breast. In flight the underside of flight feathers show metallic yellow and there may be scattered yellow feathers on leading edge of wing. Sexes similar. Juvenile has brown iris.

Range and Habitat

Green Parakeet: Found from south Texas to Nicaragua in all kinds of forested habitats except rainforest.

Breeding and Nesting

Green Parakeet: Little known. Nests in tree cavities and old woodpeckers holes, also in rock crevices and other holes. Lays two to five white eggs that are incubated by the female while food is brought by the male.

Foraging and Feeding

Green Parakeet: Forages in flocks of 100 or more birds, sometimes gathering in larger numbers if food is plentiful. Eats a wide variety of seeds, nut, berries, and fruit.

Vocalization

Green Parakeet: Raucous, high-pitched shrieks "screek screek", also shrill chatter.

Similar Species

Green Parakeet: In the United States could be confused with escaped Mitred or Red-masked Parakeets, both of which show varying amounts of red on the head and wings. In Mexico could be confused with Aztec or Orange-fronted Parakeets, both of which are smaller and shorter tailed. The Pacific Parakeet in Mexico is virtually identical and may be a local form of the Green Parakeet.

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Breast

The upper front part of a bird.

Flight feathers

Located on the wing, and collectively called remiges (singular, remex). The long stiff feathers are subdivided into two major groups based on the location and are called primaries and secondaries.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

Field Guide to Birds of North America