Black-capped Parakeet (Pyrrhura rupicola) [XC536392]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Purus River, Boca do Acre, State of Amazonas, Brazil (call)
Black-capped Parakeet (Pyrrhura rupicola) [XC554958]
by Dante Buzzetti from Parque Estadual Chandless, Santa Rosa do Purus, Acre, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
Hydridization has apparently occured with Green-cheeked Parakeet (Pyrrhura molinae), indicating these forms possibly conspecific. It has been questioned whether subspecies sandiae is valid.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
rupicola (Tschudi, 1844) - Central Peru.
sandiae Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1944 - South-eastern Peru, extreme western Brazil and northern Bolivia.