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The Brown-throated parakeet (Aratinga pertinax) is a bird found in Colombia, Venezuela, Curaçao, Panama and Caribbean Netherlands. Dry woods and gardens across northern South America and the Caribbean. It eats fruit, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Brown-throated parakeet lives

Dry woods and gardens across northern South America and the Caribbean.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🍎 Fruit40%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts40%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Brown-throated parakeet

Recorded by Barry Edmonston (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC524989. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Brown-throated parakeet

Where does the Brown-throated parakeet live?

The Brown-throated parakeet lives in Colombia, Venezuela, Curaçao, Panama and Caribbean Netherlands. Dry woods and gardens across northern South America and the Caribbean.

What does the Brown-throated parakeet eat?

fruit (about 40%), seeds and nuts (about 40%), leaves and other plant parts (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Brown-throated parakeet endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from North America

• Northern parula
• Blue-winged teal
• Field sparrow
• Buff-throated saltator
• Orange-crowned warbler
• Scaled dove

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.