86 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA — PART 2 



BROTOGERIS JUGULARIS JUGULARIS (Muller) : 

 Orange-chinned Parakeet; Perico Piquiblanco 



Psittacus jugularis P. L. S. Muller, Vollst. Naturs. Suppl. Reg.-Band, 1776, p. 80. 



(Bonda, Magdalena, Colombia.) 

 Psittovius subcocrulens Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 7, 1862, 



p. 475. (Lion Hill, Canal Zone.) 



The small green parakeet with an orange chin spot, common in 

 captivity. 



Description. — Length 160-175 mm. Adult and immature (sexes 

 alike), above olive-green on the upper back, bluish green on the lower 

 back and rump ; inner wing coverts dull bronze ; tips of primary cov- 

 erts and primaries bluish; a spot of bright orange on the throat; rest 

 of under surface yellowish green, becoming bluish green on flanks 

 and abdomen ; smaller under wing coverts yellow ; under primary cov- 

 erts and under surface of wing dull greenish blue; outer web, shaft, 

 and adjacent inner web of outer primary dull black, with outer web 

 edged narrowly with greenish blue. 



A male taken at Guanico Arriba, Los Santos, January 21, 1962, had 

 the iris dark mouse brown ; bare skin around eye dull bluish gray, 

 becoming dull orange in front of anterior canthus ; top of cere flesh 

 color across nostrils, sides orange (like throat spot) ; a narrow border 

 of bare skin at base of mandible also orange, with the bare sides of 

 the jaw behind this flesh color ; bare upper throat tinged with orange ; 

 tarsus and toes pale brownish white ; claws mouse brown. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Panama), wing 105.3-113.5 

 (108.9), tail 55.2-67.8 (60.9); culmen from cere 14.9-17.4 (15.8), 

 tarsus 11.1-12.6 (12.1) mm. 



Females (10 from Panama), wing 104.0-109.0 (106.0), tail 54.7- 

 67.0 (58.9), culmen from cere 12.9-16.1 (14.6), tarsus 11.6-13.1 

 (12.4) mm. 



Resident. Common in the Tropical Zone. Not recorded to date from 

 Bocas del Toro or northern Veraguas, but found elsewhere on both 

 slopes throughout the lowlands. Isla Coiba ; Isla Cebaco ; Isla Taboga. 



This small parakeet, known universally as the perico, perico comun, 

 or more specifically as the perico piquiblanco, is a familiar household 

 pet throughout Panama. As it is found in the lowlands wherever there 

 are trees, either in groves, along streams in the open savannas, or in the 

 larger stands of forest and rastrojo, it is one of the birds seen or heard 

 almost daily during work in the field. Though it is more common in 

 open country it is found also in forested areas, but is seen less often, 

 as there it lives in the high tree crown where it is camouflaged among 



