Spectacled Parrotlet
Forpus conspicillatus(de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1848)
English (US) Spectacled Parrotlet
The Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittacidae (African and New World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
- Scientific name
- Forpus conspicillatus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spectacled Parrotlet
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1848)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Forpus conspicillatus conspicillatus
- Forpus conspicillatus metae
- Forpus conspicillatus caucae
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacula conspicillata
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1848)
- Type locality
- Colombia or Mexico, restricted to Honda, upper Magdalena River, by Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 34, 1915, p. 384.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 11 p.172
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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