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Most likely subspecies minor
Photo by Peter de Haas
Huaraz, Peru, January 2007
Psittacara frontatus

Identification

Distribution

South America: found in Western Ecuador and Peru. If it exists in Bolivia as reported, then it is so rare that the field guide does not include it.

Taxonomy

Most likely subspecies frontatus,br /.Photo by Stanley Jones
Jaén sewage ponds, Cajamarca, Peru, January 2017

Cordilleran Parakeet was formerly included in Scarlet-fronted Parakeet.

Subspecies

Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:

  • P. f. frontatus:
  • P. f. minor:
  • Central and southern-central Peru (Marañón Valley south to Ayacucho)

Habitat

Most likely subspecies minor,br /.Photo by Stanley Jones
San Martín, Peru January 2017

Behaviour

Vocalisation

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. Herzog, SK, RS Terrill, AE Jahn, JV Remsen Jr.,O Maillars Z, VH Garcia-Soliz, R MacLeod, A Maccormick, & JQ Vidoz, 2019. Birds of Bolivia, Revised first ed. Associacion Armonia and Future Generations University Press. ISBN 975-99974-922-7-2
  4. Collar, N., J. del Hoyo, P. F. D. Boesman, G. M. Kirwan, and C. J. Sharpe (2023). Cordilleran Parakeet (Psittacara frontatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (N. D. Sly, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.scfpar3.01

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