Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus)

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1848)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From 100 - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Panama, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (58)...)

Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) [XC693522]
by Joost van Bruggen from El Encanto Lodge, Palestina, Huila, Colombia (call)

Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) [XC571657]
by Charles Hesse from Los Chancos, San Pedro, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (begging call, hatchling or nestling)

Subspecies
Proposed subspecies "pallescens", from Patiaa Valley of south-western Colombia, is a nomen nudum.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

conspicillatus (Lafresnaye, 1848) - Eastern Panama and north-central Colombia.
metae Borrero & Hern�ndez-Camacho, 1961 - Central Colombia east to western Venezuela.
caucae (Chapman, 1915) - South-western Colombia; possibly recorded (most likely this race) in western Ecuador.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) - 10 files

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