Red-throated parakeet

Red-throated parakeet
At a nature reserve near Copan, Honduras
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Superfamily:	Psittacoidea
Family:	Psittacidae
Subfamily:	Arinae
Tribe:	Arini
Genus:	Psittacara
Species:	P. rubritorquis
Binomial name
Psittacara rubritorquis (Sclater, 1887)

The red-throated parakeet (Psittacara rubritorquis), also called red-throated conure, is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the green parakeet.

Head and neck