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title: "Brown-throated Parakeet"
description: "Eupsittula pertinax — Birds. The brown-throated parakeet (Eupsittula pertinax), also known as the St."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brown-throated-parakeet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Brown-throated Parakeet

> Eupsittula pertinax — Birds. The brown-throated parakeet (Eupsittula pertinax), also known as the St.

- Scientific name: *Eupsittula pertinax*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `zoo` (Zoo & pets)
- iNaturalist observations: 3620
- Wikidata: [Q27074965](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27074965)
- iNaturalist taxon: [367560](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367560)

## Names

- en: Brown-throated Parakeet
- de: Braunwangensittich
- es: Perico carisucio
- fr: Conure cuivrée
- it: Parrocchetto golabruna
- nl: Maïsparkiet
- pt: Periquito-de-bochecha-parda
- pl: Konura brązowogardła

## Countries with the most observations

CO (1442), PA (383), CW (352), VE (230), GF (180), GY (66), BR (56), AW (42), CR (38), SR (38), VI (22), TT (6)

## Summary

The brown-throated parakeet (Eupsittula pertinax), also known as the St. Thomas conure or brown-throated conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in the subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, the northern mainland of South America, and islands off the South American coast.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-throated_parakeet

## Photo

![Brown-throated Parakeet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-throated-parakeet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Whaldener Endo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/157239103

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-throated-parakeet?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).