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Spectacled Parrotlet
Species Profile
Genus:Forpus
Species:
conspicillatus
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 12cm (4.7 in) | 30g (1 oz) |
Races including nominate:
three: F.c. conspicillatus, F.c. metae, F.c. caucae
Colourization Adult:
F.c. conspicillatus: male-grey wash on breast; area around eye blue; purple/blue lower back, rump, bend of wing, carpal edge; purple/blue primary and secondary coverts, secondary feathers, underwing coverts and axillary feathers; green primary feathers, washed with purple/blue on innermost primary feathers. Bill horn coloured tinged with pink/brown. Eye dark brown/grey. Female-green replacing all blue markings; bright emerald green surrounding eye. F.c. metae: male-blue marking behind eye. Female-as in conspicillatus. F.c. caucae: male-paler blue on lower back, rump and upper and underwing coverts. Heavier, larger bill. Female-as in conspicillatus, but with heavier bill.
Colourization Juvenile:
F.c. conspicillatus: as in adult female, but young males have green mixed in with purple/blue on rump, lower back and wing coverts.
Call: Calls made in flight are buzzing and twittering notes.
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Content Sources:
Central Pets http://www.centralpets.com/animals/birds/parrots/prt1206.html
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1617&m=0
Internet Bird Collection http://www.hbw.com/ibc/
xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.
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