Pacific parakeet

P. holochlorus strenuus[2] The Pacific parakeet (Psittacara strenuus), known as Pacific conure or Nicaraguan green conure in aviculture[3], is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots.

It is found in southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

[4][7][8] BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) considers it to be a subspecies of the green parakeet (P.

Adults are generally olive green that is slightly yellowish on the underparts; some have red speckles on their neck.

Their iris is orange-red surrounded by bare pale beige skin, their bill horn colored, and their legs and feet brownish.

[9][10] The Pacific parakeet is non-migratory but makes local movements in response to food availability.

Pacific parakeet in flight
Parakeets in flight