Black-capped Parakeet - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies sandiae
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Chuncho Lodge, Madre de Dios Department Peru, August 2018

Pyrrhura rupicola

Identification

25cm (9¾ in)

• Green overall plumage
• Dark brownish-black cap
• Whitish scaly neck and breast
• Red upper wing coverts
• Dark breast feathers with light tips
• Black beak
  

Juvenile: duller; green primary coverts and carpal edges. White cere and bare white eye ring.

Distribution

South America: found from Peru to Bolivia and possibly the western edge of Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• P. r. rupicola - central Peru.
• P. r. sandiae - SE Peru and N Bolivia.

Habitat

Humid lowland terra ferme and seasonally flooded forests and forest edges, less often in east Andean foothills up to 300m.

Behaviour

Diet

They have been observed feeding on fruits of cecropia trees, but there is little other information available.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-capped Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-capped_Parakeet

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