Parrots (Psittacidae)
Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) - HBW 4, p. 449
French: Toui à lunettes
German: Brillensperlingspapagei
Spanish: Cotorrita de Anteojos
Taxonomy: Psittacula conspicillata Lafresnaye, 1848, Honda, upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia.
Proposed race “pallescens”, from Patía Valley of SW Colombia, is a nomen nudum. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- conspicillatus (Lafresnaye, 1848) - E Panama and NC Colombia.
- metae Borrero & Camacho, 1961 - C Colombia E to W Venezuela.
- caucae (Chapman, 1915) - SW Colombia; possibly recorded (most likely this race) in W Ecuador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a branch, feeding on leaves Locality San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia (ssp metae)
Pere Sugranyes 2005 6 years ago 33 sec 4.8 -
A bird and then two birds in front of a hole on a dead tree. Locality Girardot, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
Pere Sugranyes 5 July 2011 22 weeks ago 53 sec 4.3 -
A bird calling Locality San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia (ssp metae)
Pere Sugranyes 2005 6 years ago 22 sec 4.1 -
A close view of a bird perched. Locality Girardot, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
Pere Sugranyes 12 July 2011 25 weeks ago 7 sec 3.7 -
A bird high in a tree, rubbing its bill Locality Bogotá, Colombia (ssp metae)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2007 4 years ago 28 sec 3.4 -
Two birds feeding on a trumpet tree (Cecropia peltata) Locality Reinita de Cielo Azul Reserve, San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander Department, Colombia (ssp metae)
Luis Eduardo Urueña 31 January 2008 3 years ago 23 sec 3.4
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Male and female on a branch
Locality Tocaima, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 30 April 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
Male - perched on a tree branch
Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 25 June 2009 2 years ago 4 -
male and female
Locality Tocaima, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 1 May 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
Male & Female perched on a cable.
Locality Ibagué, Tolima Department, Colombia
Blair Wainman 13 January 2008 2 years ago 3.5 -
On the roof
Locality Armenia, Quindio Department, Colombia
oleicfrisbee 6 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3 -
Mal and female perched in a tree.
Locality El Paujil Natural Reserve, Colombia (ssp metae)
David Beadle 27 January 2010 7 weeks ago 3
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Calls. Locality Reinita de Cielo Azul Reserve, San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander Department, Colombia
Nick Athanas 6 February 2007 2 years ago 3
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