page_title: Brown-throated parakeet
section_title: Taxonomy
hierarchical_section_title: Brown-throated parakeet / Taxonomy
caption_attribution_description: Aratinga pertinax xanthogenia English: Brown-throated Parakeet (also called Caribbean Parakeet) on the island of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.
context_page_description: The brown-throated parakeet, commonly known as the St Thomas conure or brown-throated conure in aviculture, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.
context_section_description: There are several subspecies which have varying colours particularly of the crown, face and underparts.
  Eupsittula pertinax (Linnaeus, 1758):
  Eupsittula pertinax aeruginosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Eupsittula pertinax arubensis (Hartert, 1892)
  Eupsittula pertinax chrysogenys (Massena & Souance, 1854)
  Eupsittula pertinax chrysophrys (Swainson, 1838)
  Eupsittula pertinax griseipecta Meyer de Schauensee, 1950
  Eupsittula pertinax lehmanni Dugand, 1943
  Eupsittula pertinax margaritensis (Cory, 1918)
  Eupsittula pertinax ocularis (Sclater, PL, 1865)
  Eupsittula pertinax paraensis Sick, 1959
  Eupsittula pertinax pertinax (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Eupsittula pertinax surinama Zimmer & Phelps, WH, 1951
  Eupsittula pertinax tortugensis (Cory, 1909)
  Eupsittula pertinax venezuelae Zimmer & Phelps, WH, 1951
  Eupsittula pertinax xanthogenia (Bonaparte, 1850)
caption: Eupsittula pertinax xanthogenia on the island of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
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