Eupsittula Bonaparte, 1853

Nascimento, Rafael S. & Silveira, Luís Fábio, 2024, Fossil and subfossil birds of Brazil, Zoologia (e 23079) 41, pp. 1-234 : 175

Eupsittula Bonaparte

595. Eupsittula aurea (Gmelin)

Quaternary – MG

Conurus aureus – Winge 1887: 41.

Conurus aureus – Goeldi 1894: 128.

Conurus aureus – Lambrecht 1933: 770.

Aratinga aurea – Brodkorb 1971: 213.

Aratinga aurea [ Conurus aureus ] – Mones 1986: 95.

Aratinga aurea – Cuello 1988: 53.

Eupsittula aurea – Boles 2017: 10.

Eupsittula aurea – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 495.

Winge (1887) reported bones of several individuals from Lapa da Escrivânia V, represented by the coracoid (rather dubious), humerus, ulna, carpometacarpus, tibiotarsus, and tarsometatarsus.

This material also had its provenance erroneously listed as Lapa da Escrivânia XI by Lambrecht (1933) and as “Salpeterhule” by Brodkorb (1971).

596. Eupsittula cf. cactorum (Kuhl)

Quaternary – PI

Psittacidae [in part] – Guérin et al. 1993a: 198.

Psittacidae [in part] – Guérin et al. 1993b: 328.

cf. Aratinga cactorum – Guérin et al. 1996: 84.

cf. A. cactorum – Guérin et al. 2002: 136.

Guérin et al.(1996) reported material comparable to this species from Toca da Janela da Barra do Antonião. At least two adult individuals are present in the material .