Aratinga labati

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	PSITTACIFORMES	PSITTACIDAE

Scientific Name:

Aratinga labati

Species Authority:

(Rothschild, 1905)

Common Name/s:

English

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Guadeloupe Parakeet

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

History:

2004	–	Extinct
2000	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct
1988	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Aratinga labati is not known from any specimens, but was well described by Labat in 1724 from Guadeloupe (to France)¹. Little is known of the species⁴, but it must have declined to extinction in the second half of the 18th century. A suggestion that parakeets on Guadeloupe may have been escaped Cuban Parakeet A. euops³ is unlikely because the birds were not noted to have any red in the wing⁴, unlike A. euops³.
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Range Description:

Aratinga labati is not known from any specimens, but was well described by Labat in 1724 from Guadeloupe (to France)¹. Little is known of the species⁴, but it must have declined to extinction in the second half of the 18th century. A suggestion that parakeets on Guadeloupe may have been escaped Cuban Parakeet A. euops³ is unlikely because the birds were not noted to have any red in the wing⁴, unlike A. euops³.

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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Nothing is known, although it is likely to have nested in tree holes in forest and foraged over a wide area for fruit and seeds.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Hunting is likely to have led to its extinction.

Major Threat(s):

Hunting is likely to have led to its extinction.

Bibliography [top]

	Clark, A. H. 1905. The genus Conurus in the West Indies. The Auk 22: 310-312. Clark, A. H. 1905. The West Indian parrots. The Auk 22: 337-344. Forshaw, J. M.; Cooper, W. T. 1989. Parrots of the world. Blandford Press, London. Marien, D.; Koopman, K. F. 1955. The relationships of the West Indian species of Aratinga (Aves: Psittacidae). American Museum Novitates 1712: 1-20. Rothschild, W. 1905. Notes on extinct parrots from the West Indies. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 16: 13-15.

Clark, A. H. 1905. The genus Conurus in the West Indies. The Auk 22: 310-312.

Clark, A. H. 1905. The West Indian parrots. The Auk 22: 337-344.

Forshaw, J. M.; Cooper, W. T. 1989. Parrots of the world. Blandford Press, London.

Marien, D.; Koopman, K. F. 1955. The relationships of the West Indian species of Aratinga (Aves: Psittacidae). American Museum Novitates 1712: 1-20.

Rothschild, W. 1905. Notes on extinct parrots from the West Indies. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 16: 13-15.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Aratinga labati. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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