Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPsittaciformes
- FamilyPsittacidae
Observations recorded15,534
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Collections
- CLO, MNHN, UNICAMP, LSUMZ
- Recorded in
- Brazil, BréSil
Bird sounds
- call, duet· Brazil· quality A
- song· Brazil· quality A
- song· Brazil· quality A
- song· Brazil· quality A
via Xeno-canto
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Eupsittula
- Image
- Eupsittula cactorum 175826364.jpeg
Show 9 more facts
- taxon name
- Eupsittula cactorum
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- periquito-dos-cactos
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Eupsittula cactorum
- litter size
- 6
- taxon range
- Parambu
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- E. cactorum
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The Caatinga parakeet (Eupsittula cactorum), also called the cactus parakeet and in aviculture the cactus conure, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is endemic to eastern Brazil.
Taxonomy and systematics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eupsittula cactorum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.