Parrots (Psittacidae)

Painted Parakeet (Pyrrhura picta) - HBW 4, p. 440

French: Conure versicolore German: Rotzügelsittich Spanish: Cotorra Pintada
Other common names: Painted Conure

Taxonomy: Psittacus pictus P. L. S. Müller, 1776, Cayenne.
Superspecific relations unclear, with strongest relations to P. leucotis and P. melanura. Some interest in establishing disjunct forms in NW of range as full species, but variation is as great within apparently contiguous “Amazonian” populations; nevertheless, race eisenmanni may be closer to P. leucotis than to present species, and eisenmanni and caeruleiceps appear closer to each other than either is to others in the P. picta-P. leucotis complex. Nine subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

eisenmanni Delgado, 1985 - Azuero Peninsula, Panama.
subandina Todd, 1917 - NW Colombia in Sinú Valley.
caeruleiceps Todd, 1947 - N Colombia on W slope of E Andes.

See all 9 subspecies

eisenmanni Delgado, 1985 - Azuero Peninsula, Panama.
subandina Todd, 1917 - NW Colombia in Sinú Valley.
caeruleiceps Todd, 1947 - N Colombia on W slope of E Andes.
pantchenkoi Phelps, 1977 - Colombia-Venezuela border in Sierra de Perijá.
picta (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) - Venezuela through the Guianas to N Brazil (Amapá).
amazonum Hellmayr, 1906 - NC Brazil, in Pará N of Amazon.
microtera Todd, 1947 - NC Brazil S of Amazon from Pará to Tocantins.
lucianii (Deville, 1851) - NW Brazil, SE Ecuador, NE Peru and along rivers in N Bolivia.
roseifrons (G. R. Gray, 1859) - W Brazil and E Peru, S and E of previous race.