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 LC    Dusky-billed Parrotlet* Id (Atlas):
    Forpus modestus

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Forpus sclateri [BirdLife International (2004)], Forpus sclateri [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Forpus sclateri [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Dusky-billed Parrotlet, Sclater's Parrotlet

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1859)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical swamp forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

 
Dusky-billed Parrotlet (Forpus modestus) [XC3971]
     by Andrew Spencer from Amazonia Lodge, Alto Madre de Dios, Peru (call)

 
Dusky-billed Parrotlet (Forpus modestus) [XC238270]
     by John V. Moore from Pastaza: 2 km W Canelos, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Precise boundaries between the two subspecies remain unclear.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • modestus (Cabanis, 1849)   -  Extreme eastern Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Brazil.
  • sclateri (Gray, GR, 1859)   -  South-eastern Colombia, north-eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and northern Bolivia east through Amazon basin to northern Brazil south of Amazon delta.
  • eidos Peters, JL, 1937   -  Eastern Colombia and southern and south-eastern Venezuela (also outlying in Carabobo) through Guyana (two records) and southern French Guiana to northern Brazil.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Dusky-billed Parrotlet (Forpus modestus) - 10 files


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