Socorro Parakeet

Socorro Parakeet

Taxobox
name = Socorro Parakeet


status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
genus = "Aratinga"
species = "A. brevipes"
binomial = "Aratinga brevipes"
binomial_authority = (Lawrence, 1871)
synonyms = "Aratinga holochlora" ssp. "brevipes" (Sclater, 1859)
The Socorro Parakeet ("Aratinga brevipes") is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is endemic to Socorro Island, Mexico.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss due to feral sheep and predation by feral cats.

References

* BirdLife International 2006. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/2014/all Aratinga brevipes] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1563&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]


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