Eupsittula

Eupsittula is a genus of South and Middle American parakeets in the tribe Arini. Until 2013, all the species were believed to belong to the genus Aratinga.[1] Some of the Eupsittula species are kept in aviculture or as companion parrots, where they are commonly known as conures.

Eupsittula
Peach-fronted parakeet (Eupsittula aurea) on a termite mound in Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Tribe:	Arini
Genus:	Eupsittula Bonaparte, 1853
Species
Eupsittula nana Eupsittula canicularis Eupsittula aurea Eupsittula pertinax Eupsittula cactorum

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Eupsittula nana (Vigors, 1830)	olive-throated parakeet	Meso- and Central America.
	Eupsittula canicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)	orange-fronted parakeet	western Mexico to Costa Rica.
	Eupsittula aurea (Gmelin, 1788)	peach-fronted parakeet	eastern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, far northern Argentina and southern Suriname (Sipaliwini savanna).
	Eupsittula pertinax (Linnaeus, 1758)	brown-throated parakeet	Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, the ABC islands in the Netherlands Antilles, and northern Brazil (mainly the Rio Negro/Branco region)
	Eupsittula cactorum (Kuhl, 1820)	Caatinga parakeet	Caatinga region in north-eastern Brazil.

References

1. Remsen, Jr., J.V.; Schirtzinger, E.E.; Ferraroni, Anna; Silveira, Luís Fábio; & Wright, Timothy F. (24 April 2013). DNA-sequence data require revision of the parrot genus Aratinga (Aves: Psittacidae). Zootaxa 3641(3): 296–300. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.3.9