Names: Brown-throated Parakeet, St Thomas Conure, Brown-throated Conure Scientific name: Eupsittula pertinax Conservation status: Least Concern Info: The Brown-throated Parakeet is mostly green, with the lowerparts being a lighter green than the upperparts. It has a black-grey beak and there is some blue in the wing feathers. The head and face colours depend on the subspecies. Though most subspecies are brown-throated, both E. p. pertinax and E. p. xanthogenia have most of the head, including the throat, orange-yellow. There are fourteen subspecies: -Eupsittula pertinax aeruginosa Eupsittula pertinax arubensis Eupsittula pertinax chrysogenys Eupsittula pertinax chrysophrys Eupsittula pertinax griseipecta Eupsittula pertinax lehmanni Eupsittula pertinax margaritensis Eupsittula pertinax ocularis Eupsittula pertinax paraensis Eupsittula pertinax pertinax Eupsittula pertinax surinama Eupsittula pertinax tortugensis Eupsittula pertinax venezuelae Eupsittula pertinax xanthogenia
