Sulphur-breasted Parakeet
Aratinga maculata(Müller, PLS, 1776)
English (US) Sulphur-breasted Parakeet
The Sulphur-breasted Parakeet (Aratinga maculata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittacidae (African and New World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: Brazil (north bank of lower Amazon River in Pará)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aratinga maculata
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sulphur-breasted Parakeet
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus maculatus
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
- Original description
- Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.74
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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