Tovi parakeet, orange-chinned parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis) Description Brotogeris jugularis
English: Orange-chinned Parakeet (also known as the Tovi Parakeet) at Facultad de Agronomía de la UCV (Faculty of Agronomy at Central University of Venezuela) Maracay, Estado Aragua, Venezuela.
Date 31 December 2009, 12:26:48
Source originally posted to Flickr as Perico cara limpia [Orange-chinned parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)]
Author Cristóbal Alvarado Minic http://flickr.com/photos/27478499@N04
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brotogeris_jugularis_-UCV_-Maracay_-Venezuela-8.jpg
The orange-chinned parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis), also known as the Tovi parakeet, is a small mainly green parrot of the Brotogeris genus. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest. Its name comes from a small clump of bright orange feathers located under the lower beak. Like other parrots, it is capable of imitating simple human speech. Order: Psittaciformes, Superfamily: Psittacoidea, Family: Psittacidae, Subfamily: Arinae, Genus: Brotogeris, Species: Brotogeris jugularis (Müller, 1776).