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) [XC419647]
by Rosendo Manuel Fraga from Secret\u00e1rio, Petr\u00f3polis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (call)
White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus) [XC435798]
by Odirlei Vieira da Fonseca from Floresta Estadual Rio Preto-Jacund\u00e1, Machadinho d'Oeste, Rond\u00f4nia, Brazil (flight call)
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.