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Olive-throated Conure  

Also Known As: Olive-throated Parakeet, Jamaican Conure (A.n. nana), Aztec Conure (A.n. astec)
 
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Wild Olive-throated (Aztec) Conure (Aratinga nana) perched on branch

Credit: (c) Manuel Grosselet and Georgita Ruiz | http://www.tierradeaves.com)
 
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The Olive-throated Conure prefers to fly swiftly in groups of up to 30 birds, in tight formation twisting and turning through the treetops like shoals of feathered fish.

Species Profile
Genus:
Aratinga

Species:
nana

Size: Adult Weight:
26cm (10.1 in) 73-85g (2.5-3 oz)

Races including nominate:
three: A.n. nana, A.n. astec, A.n. vicinalis

Colourization Adult:
A.n. nana: both adults-green with a bright green rump; cheeks and ear coverts bright green; throat and breast olive/brown. Bill horn coloured with pale grey at base. Bare eye ring white in colour; eye orange. A.n. astec: both adults-smaller than nana but with longer wings; paler in colour, more yellow/green; paler brown on throat to abdomen; smaller bill. A.n. vicinalis: both adults-as in astec but brighter green in general; less brown underparts.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but with brown eyes.

Call: Described as noisy and screechy in flight. Also high-pitched notes; sustained harsh twittering sounds with upward inflection. Also piercing chirps.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E236.htm&Pic=236_1.JPG&Search=&Lang=

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1576&m=0

Internet Bird Collection http://www.hbw.com/ibc/

xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.