Orange-Chinned Parakeet
Species:
Taxonomy: (Brotogeris jugularis)
Story: I, like all of my friends who live here in Alturas, was kept as an illegal pet. Many of my kind are frequently captured in the wild to be kept as pets. We are the most common bird to be confiscated from the illegal pet trade in Costa Rica. Maybe this is due to our small size, but what people don't realize, is that we don't do well in captivity. We are very prone to stress and hide our symptoms well.
