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Aratinga
Sign in to saveAratinga is a genus of South American conures. Most are predominantly green, although a few are predominantly yellow or orange. They are social and commonly seen in groups in the wild. In Brazil, the popular name of several species usually is jandaia, sometimes written as jandaya in the scientific form.
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Aratinga is a genus of birds within the family Psittacidae. It belongs to the order Psittaciformes, class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The genus is part of the subfamily Psittacinae.
The taxon range for Aratinga is listed as Brazil. However, specimen records from iDigBio indicate the presence of the family psittacidae in Peru, the United States, Colombia, Argentina, and Ecuador. These records are held by institutions including USNM, UNSM, UCM, ROM, and WFVZ. The iDigBio database contains 269 records and 9 media items related to this group. Additionally, GBIF data includes 1,356,689 occurrences.
Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPsittaciformes
- FamilyPsittacidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 269
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Collections
- USNM, UNSM, UCM, ROM, WFVZ, UTEP
- Recorded in
- Peru, United States, Colombia, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Psittacinae
- Image
- Aratinga weddellii -Beale Park, Reading, Berkshire, England-8a-4c.jpg
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- Aratinga
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- Aratinga
- topic's main category
- Category:Aratinga
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- Aratinga
- taxon range
- Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Species
- Hypothetical extinct species
- References
Aratinga is a genus of South American conures. Most are predominantly green, although a few are predominantly yellow or orange. They are social and commonly seen in groups in the wild. In Brazil, the popular name of several species usually is jandaia, sometimes written as jandaya in the scientific form.
Many species from this genus are popular pets, although being larger than the members of the genus Pyrrhura, they need a sizable aviary to thrive.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aratinga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.