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Aratinga cactorum (Caatinga Parakeet; Cactus Parakeet)

Synonyms: Eupsittula cactorum (homotypic); Eupsittula cactorum cactorum

Wikipedia Abstract

The Caatinga parakeet (Eupsittula cactorum) or cactus parakeet is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is endemic to the Caatinga region in north-eastern Brazil.
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Infraspecies

Aratinga cactorum cactorum (Cactus conure)
Aratinga cactorum caixana (Western cactus conure)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
11
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.41438
EDGE Score: 1.48487
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Plants [1]  70 %
Diet - Seeds [1]  30 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  50 %
Forages - Understory [1]  50 %
Clutch Size [2]  6

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Caatinga Brazil Neotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Prey / Diet

Cereus jamacaru[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cyanocorax cyanopogon (White-naped Jay)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 2Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0