Aratinga auricapillus

(Kuhl, 1820) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Psittaciformes/Psittacidae/Aratinga

At a glance

Occurrence records13 472

Data sources11

Biological traits24

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources11 archives

Databases and archives Aratinga auricapillus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility13 472 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF13 472 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈1.1 Gbp

01Narrative

The golden-capped parakeet (Aratinga auricapillus) is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae found in Brazil and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss. The A. auricapillus is a good biological indicator because of its vulnerability, high detectability as well as its sensitivity to forest fragmentation.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAnAgeAVONET

Size & morphology12

Beak depth23.3 mm

Beak length (culmen)29 mm

Beak length (nares)23.9 mm

Beak width13.3 mm

Body mass130 g

Body mass (male)130 g

Hand-wing index48

Kipp's distance73.8 mm

Secondary length80 mm

Tail length135 mm

Tarsus length15.9 mm

Wing length154 mm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Max. longevity251 months

Diet & foraging7

Fruit50 %

Ground30 %

Midhigh20 %

Seed50 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Understory50 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size65 242 km²

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aratinga auricapillus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-3P

animal barcode

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Aratinga auricapillus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈1 149 823 348 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Aratinga auricapillus1.15 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 70 n = 35

Chromosome records70–702n range70median70mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 702×GoaT · Bird Chromosome Database

GoaT · Bird Chromosome Database — ↗

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type13 472 records

Wild obs. + sensor13 451

Museum / vouchered21

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO9 960 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy3% within 1 km

≤100 m 12≤1 km 1>10 km 361

374 georeferenced · 13 077 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor13 451

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy33% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1≤10 km 4

6 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence21

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 9 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Paris, FR	8
New Haven, US	3
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	3
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record	2
Moore Laboratory of Zoology, Occidental Collegelocation not on record	1
Geneva, CH	1
Seattle, US	1
Bourges, FR	1
Chicago, US	1

9 institutions · 21 of 21 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Aratinga auricapillus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Aratinga auricapillus

At a glance

Sources11 archives

Size & morphology12

Life cycle & reproduction1

Diet & foraging7

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type13 472 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions6 of 9 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type13 472 records