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Spectacled parrotlet

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Spectacled parrotlet
A pair in Colombia

(male on left and female on right)

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F. conspicillatus
Binomial name
Forpus conspicillatus
(Lafresnaye, 1848)

The spectacled parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Male by entrance to nest

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