Parrots (Psittacidae) - HBW 4
Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus)
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
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A bird perched on a branch, feeding on leaves San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (ssp metae)
Pere Sugranyes 2005 4 years ago 33 sec 4.6 -
A bird calling San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (ssp metae)
Pere Sugranyes 2005 4 years ago 22 sec 4.1 -
A bird high in a tree, rubbing its bill Bogotá, Colombia (ssp metae)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2007 2 years ago 28 sec 3.4 -
Two birds feeding on a trumpet tree (Cecropia peltata) Reinita de Cielo Azul Reserve, San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander, Colombia (ssp metae)
Luis Eduardo Urueñ... 31 January 2008 1 year ago 23 sec 3.4
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Male and female on a branch Tocaima, Cundinamarca, Colombia
mauricio rueda 30 April 2009 44 weeks ago 4.3 -
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Male - perched on a tree branch José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 25 June 2009 38 weeks ago 4 -
male and female Tocaima, Cundinamarca, Colombia
mauricio rueda 1 May 2009 45 weeks ago 3.8 -
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Male & Female perched on a cable. Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia
Blair Wainman 13 January 2008 1 year ago 3.5 -
Male and female bird Germany
picopluma 11 August 2008 39 weeks ago 3 -
Female perched Villeta, Cundinamarca, Colombia
mauricio rueda 14 April 2007 1 year ago 2.7
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Calls. Reinita de Cielo Azul Reserve, San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander Department, Colombia
Nick Athanas 6 February 2007 14 weeks ago 3
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