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title: "Olive-throated Parakeet"
description: "Eupsittula nana — Vogels. The olive-throated parakeet (Eupsittula nana), also known as the olive-throated conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/olive-throated-parakeet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Olive-throated Parakeet

> Eupsittula nana — Vogels. The olive-throated parakeet (Eupsittula nana), also known as the olive-throated conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots.

- Scientific name: *Eupsittula nana*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `zoo` (Dierentuin en huisdieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 5567
- Wikidata: [Q26833713](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26833713)
- iNaturalist taxon: [367556](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367556)

## Names

- en: Olive-throated Parakeet
- de: Aztekensittich
- es: Perico pecho sucio
- fr: Conure aztèque
- pt: Periquito-da-jamaica
- pl: Konura oliwkowa

## Countries with the most observations

MX (3624), CR (392), BZ (342), HN (236), JM (169), GT (111), NI (36), DO (29), PA (23)

## Summary

The olive-throated parakeet (Eupsittula nana), also known as the olive-throated conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica and in Jamaica; it has been introduced to the Dominican Republic on Hispaniola.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162238920

## Machine access

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