Cobalt-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera)

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvadori, 1891)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 900 m, occasionally up to 1,350 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)

Cobalt-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) [XC437240]
by Dante Buzzetti from Reserva Natural Palmar\u00ed, Rio Javar\u00ed, AM, Brazil (call)

Cobalt-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) [XC558071]
by Edison Oca\u00f1a from Finca San Jorge, Morelia\/Caquet\u00e1, Colombia (call)

Subspecies
Forms a parapatric species pair with Golden-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris chrysoptera), and these may form superspecies with Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis). Subspecies gustavi may be separate species, although intermediates between this and nominate subspecies have been found in lower Huallaga Valley.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

cyanoptera (Salvadori, 1891) - South-eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and west-central Brazil.
gustavi von Berlepsch, 1889 - Upper Huallaga, northern Peru.
beniensis Gyldenstolpe, 1941 - Northern Bolivia.

References
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Files:

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