Brown Throated Conure

The Brown-throated Conures (Aratinga pertinax) - also known as the Brown-throated Parakeets or St. Thomas Conures - are endemic to northern South America, specifically Aruba, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Their natural habitats include subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.