Aratinga

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Genus of birds

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| image = Birds Sun Conure.jpg | image_caption = Sun conure (Aratinga solstitialis) | taxon = Aratinga | authority = Spix, 1824 | type_species = Psittacus luteus = Psittacus solstitialis | type_species_authority= Boddaert, 1783 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Aratinga solstitialis Aratinga maculata Aratinga jandaya Aratinga auricapilla Aratinga nenday Aratinga weddellii

Aratinga is a genus of South American conures. Most are predominantly green, although a few are predominantly yellow or orange. They are social and commonly seen in groups in the wild. In Brazil, the popular name of several species usually is jandaia, sometimes written as jandaya in the scientific form.

Many species from this genus are popular pets, although being larger than the members of the genus Pyrrhura, they need a sizable aviary to thrive.

Taxonomy

The genus Aratinga was introduced in 1824 by the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix. The type species was subsequently designated as the sun parakeet. The genus name is from the extinct Tupi language of Brasil. Ará tinga means "bright bird" or "bright parrot".

The taxonomy of this genus has recently been resolved by splitting it in four genera, as the genus as previously defined was paraphyletic. The species of the Aratinga solstitialis complex were retained in this genus, while other former Aratinga species were moved to Eupsittula (brownish-throated species), Psittacara (pale-beaked species) and Thectocercus (blue-crowned parakeet).

Species

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AratingaCommon and binomial namesImageDescriptionNative Range
Sun parakeet
or sun conure
(Aratinga solstitialis)[[File:Aratinga solstitialis -Singapore BirdPark-6.jpgcenter500x160px]]30 cm (12 in) long. Mostly yellow, fading to orange over the head and belly. Yellow, green in the wing featuring cobalt-blue to blue-violet flight feathers and tail feathers. Black beak.
Sulphur-breasted parakeet
(Aratinga maculata)[[File:Aratinga maculata.jpgcenter500x160px]]
Jandaya parakeet
or jenday conure
(Aratinga jandaya)[[File:Aratinga Jandaya -in tree-8.jpgcenter500x160px]]Orange and yellow with green wings and back. Black beak.
Golden-capped parakeet
(Aratinga auricapillus)[[File:Aratinga auricapilla (Wroclaw zoo)-1.JPGcenter500x160px]]publisher =BirdLife International (2008)
Dusky-headed parakeet
Weddell's conure or
dusky-headed conure
(Aratinga weddellii)[[File:Aratinga weddellii -Beale Park, Reading, Berkshire, England-8a-4c.jpgcenter500x160px]]25–28 cm (10–11 in). Mostly green. Black beak. A grey-brown head, a blue-tipped tail and remiges.
Nanday parakeet
(Aratinga nenday)[[File:2011-4 parrot in Strasbourg.jpgcenter500x160px]]Mostly green. Black facial mask and beak. Black trailing flight feathers on wings and long tail edged at the end in blue. Upper chest is bluish-green and lower chest is a paler green. Feathers covering the thighs red.
Aratinga vorohuensisExtinct. Described from Late Pliocene fossils found in Argentina.
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Hypothetical extinct species

Jean-Baptiste Labat described a population of small parrots living on Guadeloupe, which has been postulated to be a separate species based on little evidence. They were called Conurus labati, and are now referred to as the Guadeloupe parakeet (Aratinga labati). No specimens or remains of the extinct parrots are known. Their taxonomy may never be fully elucidated, so their postulated status as a separate species is hypothetical, and it is regarded as a hypothetical extinct species.

References

References

  1. . ["Psittacidae"](https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=67). *The Trust for Avian Systematics*.
  2. von Spix, Johann Baptist. (1824). "Avium species novae, quas Brasiliam anus MDCCCXVII - MDCCCXX". Franc. Seraph. Hübschmanni.
  3. Gray, George Robert. (1855). "Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum". British Museum.
  4. (1937). "Check-List of Birds of the World". Harvard University Press.
  5. Jobling, James A.. (2010). "The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". Christopher Helm.
  6. (2004). "Molecular systematics in ''Aratinga'' parakeets: species limits and historical biogeography in the 'solstitialis' group, and the systematic position of ''Nandayus nenday''". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
  7. (2006). "Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of Neotropical parrots (Psittaciformes : Psittacidae : Arini) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences". Systematic Biology.
  8. Collar, N.J.. (1997). "Family Psittacidae". Lynx Edicions.
  9. (2005). "A new species of Aratinga Parakeet (Psittaformes: Psittacidae) from Brazil, with taxonomical remarks on the Aratinga solstitialis complex.". The Auk.
  10. (2008-12-29). "Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.013)". www.zoonomen.net.
  11. "Sun Parakeet - BirdLife Species Factsheet". BirdLife International (2008).
  12. BirdLife International 2008. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/142601/all Aratinga solstitialis]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] {{webarchive. link. (June 27, 2014)
  13. "Sulphur-breasted Parakeet - BirdLife Species Factsheet". BirdLife International (2008).
  14. BirdLife International 2008. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/22735551/all Aratinga maculata]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] {{webarchive. link. (June 27, 2014)
  15. "Jandaya Parakeet - BirdLife Species Factsheet". BirdLife International (2008).
  16. BirdLife International 2008. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/142602/all Aratinga jandaya]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] {{webarchive. link. (June 27, 2014)
  17. "Golden-capped Parakeet - BirdLife Species Factsheet". BirdLife International (2008).
  18. BirdLife International 2008. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/142603/all Aratinga auricapillus]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] {{webarchive. link. (June 27, 2014)
  19. "Dusky-headed Parakeet - BirdLife Species Factsheet". BirdLife International (2008).
  20. BirdLife International 2008. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/142605/all Aratinga weddellii]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] {{webarchive. link. (June 27, 2014)
  21. "Nanday Parakeet - BirdLife Species Factsheet". BirdLife International (2008).
  22. BirdLife International 2008. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/22685752/all Aratinga nenday]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] {{webarchive. link. (June 27, 2014)
  23. Eduardo P. Tonni & Jorge I. Noriega. (1996). "Una nueva especia de ''Nandayus'' Bonaparte, 1854 (Aves: Psittaciformes) del Pliocene tardío de Argentina". [[Revista Chilena de Historia Natural]].
  24. Fuller, Errol. (1987). "Extinct Birds". Penguin Books (England).

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