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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a9 Susan Davis<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Birdfinding.info \u21d2<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 The Dutch Antillean endemic form of Brown-throated Parakeet<\/strong><\/a> is generally common on Cura\u00e7ao and Bonaire, including neighborhoods of Willemstad and Kralendijk, many of the golf and beach resorts, as well as natural areas such as Christoffel and Washington Slagbaai National Parks.\u00a0 The introduced Virgin Islands population is common on St. Thomas, but scarce or sporadic elsewhere.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t \u201cYellow-headed Parakeet\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Eupsittula pertinax pertinax<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Family: Psittacidae<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Endemic to Cura\u00e7ao and Bonaire,<\/strong> where it inhabits desert scrub, dry forest, and settled areas.<\/p> Introduced populations are established on Saba in the Leeward Islands and in the Virgin Islands\u2014principally on St. Thomas, with limited expansion or occasional wandering to St. John, Jost van Dyke, and Tortola.\u00a0 Formerly also on Culebra, Vieques, and the eastern tip of Puerto Rico, but extirpated from these islands in 1970s or \u201880s.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Identification<\/strong><\/span><\/p> Unmistakable: a green parakeet with a yellow head.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t \u201cYellow-headed Parakeet\u201d, E. p. xanthogenia<\/em>.\u00a0 (Bonaire; May 22, 2019.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Sandy & Bob Sipe<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The Bonaire population (xanthogenia<\/em>) tends to have a slightly yellower tone and more extensive yellow, variably including most or all of the crown, whereas the Cura\u00e7ao population has a more orangish tone and tends to have more green on the crown.\u00a0 However, the two populations seem to overlap in both the tone and extent of yellow on the head.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t \u201cYellow-headed Parakeet\u201d, E. p. pertinax<\/em>.\u00a0 (Caracas Bay Peninsula, Cura\u00e7ao; September 29, 2018.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Esther Faria<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Otherwise mostly grass-green above and pale yellowish-green below, with a brownish or olive chest.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t \u201cYellow-headed Parakeet\u201d, E. p. pertinax<\/em>.\u00a0 (Westpunt, Cura\u00e7ao; February 22, 2020.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Marcos Guirado<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t \u201cYellow-headed Parakeet\u201d, E. p. xanthogenia<\/em>.\u00a0 (Goto Meer, Bonaire; July 15, 2018.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Eildert Beeftink<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The flight feathers are extensively blue in varying shades, from aqua to royal blue.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Immatures are mostly green with a yellowish face, olive throat and chest, and often a distinct whitish eyering.\u00a0 As they mature, the head turns mostly yellow or orange.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t \u201cYellow-headed Parakeet\u201d, E. p. pertinax<\/em>, immature.\u00a0 (Willemstad, Cura\u00e7ao; August 1, 2017.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Anita de Moulin<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/YellowheadedParakeet5.jpg\")
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