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.

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 (31)...)

Cobalt-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) [XC693357]
by Richard E. Webster from Flor de Inirida, Guain\u00eda, Colombia (call)

Cobalt-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) [XC257669]
by John V. Moore from Sucumb\u00edos: 'La Selva Jungle Lodge', n bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (call, calls)

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
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Cobalt-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) - 10 files

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