Black-capped Parakeet (Pyrrhura rupicola) [XC92489]
by Daniel Lane from E of Putina Punco, Puno, Peru (flight call)
Black-capped Parakeet (Pyrrhura rupicola) [XC154776]
by Edson Guilherme from ARCC, Madre de Dios, Peru (flight 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.