Parrots (Psittacidae)
Dusky-billed Parrotlet (Forpus sclateri) - HBW 4, p. 450
French: Toui de Sclater
German: Schwarzschnabel-Sperlingspapagei
Spanish: Cotorrita de Sclater
Other common names: Sclater's Parrotlet
Taxonomy: Psittacula Sclateri G. R. Gray, 1859, Rio Javari, Peru.
Precise boundaries between the two races remain unclear. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- eidos J. L. Peters, 1937 - E Colombia and S & SE Venezuela (also outlying in Carabobo) through Guyana (two records) and S French Guiana to N Brazil.
- sclateri (G. R. Gray, 1859) - SE Colombia, NE Ecuador, E Peru and N Bolivia E through Amazon basin to N Brazil S of Amazon delta.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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group at clay lick Locality Manu Wildlife Center, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp sclateri)
Martin Kennewell 9 September 2006 1 year ago 27 sec 3.5 -
A male and a female foraging together on the ground Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp sclateri)
Frank Witebsky 31 May 2007 5 years ago 41 sec 3.4 -
at clay lick Locality Manu Wildlife Center, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp sclateri)
Martin Kennewell 9 September 2006 1 year ago 29 sec 3.3
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Four birds eating fruits of cecropia.
Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp sclateri)
Carmelo López 21 November 2011 48 weeks ago 2.7 -
A pair feeding on Cecropia fruit.
Locality Pousada Rio Azul, Pará State, Brazil (ssp sclateri)
Bradley Davis 12 February 2009 3 years ago 2
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Calls from a few birds near the river Locality Pousada Rio Azul, Pará State, Brazil
(ssp sclateri)
Bradley Davis 31 July 2007 3 years ago 0
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