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title: "Cactus Parakeet"
description: "Eupsittula cactorum — Vogels. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/cactus-parakeet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Cactus Parakeet

> Eupsittula cactorum — Vogels. 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.

- Scientific name: *Eupsittula cactorum*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `zoo` (Dierentuin en huisdieren), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 715
- Wikidata: [Q27074969](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27074969)
- iNaturalist taxon: [367561](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367561)

## Names

- en: Cactus Parakeet
- de: Kaktussittich
- es: Perico de la Caatinga
- fr: Conure des cactus
- pt: Periquito-da-caatinga
- pl: Konura kaktusowa

## Countries with the most observations

BR (637)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Cactus Parakeet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cactus-parakeet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tiago Lubiana · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105611801

## Machine access

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