Green parakeet Temporal range: Pleistocene - Present[1]
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Nominate subspecies in South Texas, United States | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Genus: | Psittacara |
Species: | P. holochlorus
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Binomial name | |
Psittacara holochlorus (Sclater, PL, 1859)
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Range of green parakeet sensu lato including the Socorro and Pacific parakeets (See the Taxonomy section) |
The green parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus), green conure, or Mexican green conure[4] is a New World parrot. As defined by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), it is native to Mexico and southern Texas in the Rio Grande Valley.[5]