Other Scientific Names
Aratinga leucophthalmus [BirdLife International (2004)], Aratinga leucophthalmus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Aratinga leucophthalmus [Stotz et al. (1996)]
Other Names (World)
White-eyed Parakeet, White-eyed Conure
White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus) [XC496551]
by Patricio Mena Valenzuela from (Cagua), Sucre, Aragua, Venezuela (call)
White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus) [XC9538]
by Jerome Fischer from Pousada o Pantaneiro, Transpantaneira Hwy., Mato Grosso, Brazil (call, taking flight)
Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara finschi), with which has been considered conspecific.
Proposed subspecies propinquus probably represents southern populations of a cline of increasing size. Nominate subspecies intergrades throughout central Amazonia with subspecies callogenys.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
nicefori (Meyer de Schauensee, 1946) - Meta, eastern Colombia.
callogenys (Salvadori, 1891) - South-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, north-western Peru and extreme north-western Brazil into central Amazonia.
leucophthalmus (Müller, 1776) - Eastern Venezuela and the Guianas through virtually all Brazil to northern and eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and northern Uruguay.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet