Spectacled Parrotlet / Forpus conspicillatus
Spectacled Parrotlet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacula conspicillata Rev.Zool. 11 p.172
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Forpus
Taxonomy Code: spepar1
Type Locality: Colombia or Mexico, restricted to Honda, upper Magdalena River, by Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 34, 1915, p. 384.
Author: Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1848
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
FORPUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Green-rumped Parrotlet F. passerinus) Probably arbitrary, but perhaps from Gr. φορεω phoreō to possess, and πους pous foot, alluding to the dextrous toes of the parrotlets. Prestwich 1963, suggests an anagram of L. profus spread out < profundere to stretch at full length, with reference to the short, wedge-shaped tail; "Forpus. Dass durch Aufstellung der Sippe Psittacula das System mit keiner natürlichen Sippe bereichert worden haben bereits andere gefühlt und ausgesprochen. Besser zu einander passen Psittacus passerinus Lin. und rufirostris, denen ich andere, die Mitte zwischen beiden haltende Conurus mit hellgrünem und blauem Gefieder anzureihen geneigt bin. Sie bilden eine der sich überall in der Natur darbietenden Suiten, die unbedenklich als Gruppe gesondert werden können, wenn gleich die sicherlich in der Lebensweise auszeichnenden Eigenthümlichkeiten noch unbekannt geblieben." (Boie 1858, Journal für Ornithologie, 6, 363); "Forpus Boie, Journ. f. Orn., 6, 1858, p. 363. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus passerinus Linné. (Hellmayr, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 12, 1929, p. 446, note 2.) ... Replaces Psittacula Illiger 1811 not of Cuvier 1800" (Peters, 1937, III, p. 202).
Var. Forpous, Phorpus, Torpus.
Synon. Psittacula.
conspicillata / conspicillatum / conspicillatus
Mod. L. conspicillatus spectacled, with conspicuous eye-markings < L. conspicillum place to look from < conspicere to behold.
SUBSPECIES
Spectacled Parrotlet (conspicillatus)
SCI Name: Forpus conspicillatus conspicillatus
conspicillata / conspicillatum / conspicillatus
Mod. L. conspicillatus spectacled, with conspicuous eye-markings < L. conspicillum place to look from < conspicere to behold.
Spectacled Parrotlet (metae)
SCI Name: Forpus conspicillatus metae
metae
● Meta, Colombia (subsp. Forpus conspicillatus).
● Río Meta, Apure, Venezuela (subsp. Icterus icterus).
● Llanos de Meta, Colombia (subsp. Myrmophylax atrothorax).
Spectacled Parrotlet (caucae)
SCI Name: Forpus conspicillatus caucae
caucae
Cauca, Colombia.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)