Pacific Parakeet
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0

African and New World Parrots

Pacific Parakeet

Psittacara strenuus

NENot Evaluated
Family
African and New World Parrots (Psittacidae)
Order
Psittaciformes

Overview

The Pacific parakeet (Psittacara strenuus), known as Pacific conure or Nicaraguan green conure in aviculture, 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.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Pacific slope from eastern Oaxaca to southern Nicaragua.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.