Caatinga Parakeet
Eupsittula cactorum(Kuhl, H, 1820)
English (US) Caatinga Parakeet
The Caatinga Parakeet (Eupsittula cactorum) 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.
- Scientific name
- Eupsittula cactorum
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Caatinga Parakeet
- Described by
- (Kuhl, H, 1820)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Eupsittula cactorum caixana
- Eupsittula cactorum cactorum
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus cactorum
- Described by
- (Kuhl, H, 1820)
- Type locality
- Brazil: Cory suggests Bahia for the type locality; Hellmayr states that the specimens in Wied's collection upon which Kuhl's name is based came from Vareda, Rio Pardo and near Os Possoes in southeastern Bahia.
- Original description
- Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum 10 p.82
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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