Jamaican parakeet
Eupsittula nana (Vigors, 1830)
The jamaican parakeet (Eupsittula nana) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 76.9 g to 78.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
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Quick facts about the jamaican parakeet
- Weight
- 76.9 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Frugivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.9src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the jamaican parakeet live?
Not recorded
Is the jamaican parakeet endangered?
The jamaican parakeet is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.
How is the jamaican parakeet classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPsittaciformes
- familyPsittacidae
- genusEupsittula
- SpeciesEupsittula nana (Vigors, 1830)
Synonyms Aratinga nana, Psittacara nana
Other names and names in other languages (50)
- Aztec parakeetEnglish
- Olive-throated parakeetEnglish
- Olive-throated parakeetEnglish
- ببغاء زيتوني الحنجرةArabic
- Aratinga pitbrunaCatalan
- aratinga de pit brutCatalan
- aratinga aztéckýCzech
- aratinga jamajskýCzech
- aratinga nanaCzech
- conwra gwddf melynwyrddWelsh
- Jamaica AratingaDanish
- Jamaica-aratingaDanish
- AztekensittichGerman
- JamaikasittichGerman
- olivbrusta papagoEsperanto
- Perico AztecaSpanish
- Aratinga jamaicanaSpanish
- Perico AmargoSpanish
- Perico AztecoSpanish
- Perico HaitianoSpanish
- Perico pecho sucioSpanish
- väikearatingaEstonian
- asteekkiarattiFinnish
- Conure naineFrench
- Conure aztèqueFrench
- Perich dolivHaitian Creole
- mala jandajaCroatian
- azték aratingaHungarian
- jamaicai aratingaHungarian
- jamaikai aratingaHungarian
- Parrocchetto golaolivaItalian
- ジャマイカインコJapanese
- チャムネメキシコインコJapanese
- ParakeetJamaican Creole English
- jamaikinė aratingaLithuanian
- AztekenaratingaDutch
- OlijfkeelaratingaDutch
- mayaparakittNorwegian
- konura oliwkowaPolish
- periquito-jamaicanoPortuguese
- periquito-da-jamaicaPortuguese
- periquito-de-garganta-olivaPortuguese
- Ямайская аратингаRussian
- klinochvost hnedohrdlýSlovak
- Jamajkanska aratingaSerbian
- olivbröstad parakitSwedish
- Bronz Göğüslü PapağanTurkish
- аратинга ямайськийUkrainian
- 绿喉鹦哥Chinese
- 橄綠喉鸚哥Chinese
Relatives of the jamaican parakeet
Other species in the same genus Eupsittula.
Peach-fronted parakeet
Eupsittula aurea
Caatinga parakeet
Eupsittula cactorum
Brown-throated parakeet
Eupsittula pertinax
Orange-fronted parakeet
Eupsittula canicularis
CompareJamaican parakeet vs Peach-fronted parakeetJamaican parakeet vs Caatinga parakeetJamaican parakeet vs Brown-throated parakeetJamaican parakeet vs Orange-fronted parakeet
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the jamaican parakeet?
An adult jamaican parakeet weighs 76.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the jamaican parakeet endangered?
The jamaican parakeet is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.
What kind of animal is the jamaican parakeet?
The jamaican parakeet (Eupsittula nana) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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