64 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA — PART 2 



Entire wing green and blue, without yellow markings ; central tail feathers 

 dark red at base, blue at tip. 



Red-blue-and-green macaw, Ara chloroptcra, p. 71 



7. Auricular region red; primary coverts banded with yellow. 



Hoffmann's parakeet, Pyrrhura hoffmanni gaudens, p. 80 

 Auricular region without red ; primary coverts not banded with yellow ... 8 



8. An orange spot on the throat. 



Orange-chinned parakeet, Brotogeris jugularis jugnlaris, p. 86 

 No orange spot on the throat 9 



9. Lesser and middle wing coverts partly black ; upper surface and sides banded 



narrowly with dull black ; size small ; tail short, not more than 62 mm. 



Banded parakeet, Bolborhynchus lineola Hneola, p. 82 

 Without black on wing coverts, upper surface or sides 10 



10. Upper surface of body plain green; lesser under wing coverts red, or partly 



red; tips of wings green Finsch's parakeet, Aratinga finschi, p. 73 



Foreneck and upper breast brownish; lesser under wing coverts wholly 

 green ; tips of wings blue, or partly blue 11 



11. Cheeks dull buffy brown ; feathers around the eye yellow. 



Brown-throated parakeet, Aratinga pertinax ocularis, p. 77 

 Cheeks green ; feathers around the eye without yellow. 



Aztec parakeet, Aratinga astec astcc, p. 76 



12. Under tail coverts extending nearly to end of tail; smaller, wing less than 



122 mm., tail less than 50 mm 13 



Under tail coverts of normal length, definitely shorter than tail ; larger, wing 

 not less than 134 mm., tail not less than 60 mm. (Both measurements much 

 greater in most species) 14 



13. Forehead blue Blue fronted parrotlet, Touit dilectissima, p. 90 



Forehead red Red-fronted parrotlet, Touit costaricensis, p. 88 



14. Under wing coverts red, or mainly red ; bend of wing yellow. 



Saffron-headed parrot, Pionopsitta pyrilia, p. 94 

 Under wing coverts green, or blue ; no yellow on bend of wing 15 



15. Bend of wing, and part of lesser wing coverts, bright blue; cheeks, and sides 



of foreneck brownish slate to dull black. 



Red-eared parrot, Pionopsitta haematotis, p. 91 



Bend of wing, and lesser wing coverts not blue ; cheeks and sides of foreneck 



blue or green 16 



16. Under tail coverts partly or wholly red 17 



Under tail coverts green or yellowish green 18 



17. Crown and hindneck bright blue (in some spotted irregularly with red) ; 



primaries green in central area. 



Blue-headed parrot, Piomts menstruus rubrignlaris, p. 95 



Front half of crown white ; cheeks and hindneck dull green edged with blue ; 



primaries blue in center White-crowned parrot, Pionus senilis, p. 98 



18. Concealed base of tail green Mealy parrot, Amasona jarinosa, p. 104 



Concealed base of tail red, or partly red 19 



19. Fore-crown yellow, or partly yellow ; rest of crown and hindneck green. 



Yellow-headed parrot, Amasona ochrocephala panamensis, p. 101 

 Forehead red ; feathers of crown and hindneck tipped with blue. 



Red-fronted parrot, Amazotia autumnalis salvini, p. 100 



