About Brotogeris cyanoptera (Pelzeln, 1870)
Species Nomenclature
The cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera (Pelzeln, 1870)) measures 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) in length and has an average weight of 67 g (2.4 oz).
Body Coloration
The species is almost entirely green, with darker green upperparts.
Nominate Subspecies Head Markings
For the nominate subspecies B. c. cyanoptera, adults have a yellowish forehead, an orange chin, and a blue tinge on the crown and nape.
Flight and Tail Feather Coloration
Their flight feathers are blue, their central tail feathers are also blue, and the remaining tail feathers are green.
Immature Plumage
Immature cobalt-winged parakeets are a duller version of adults.
Subspecies B. c. gustavi Traits
Subspecies B. c. gustavi has very little blue on the head and a yellow edge on the carpals.
Subspecies B. c. beniensis Traits
Subspecies B. c. beniensis is paler than the nominate subspecies, has a similar amount of blue on the head to the nominate, and has a yellow carpal edge like B. c. gustavi.
Subspecies Distributions
The subspecies of the cobalt-winged parakeet have the following distributions: B. c. cyanoptera is found in the upper Amazon Basin, in eastern and southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, western Guyana, eastern Ecuador and Peru, northwestern Bolivia, and west-central Brazil; B. c. gustavi is found in the upper Huallaga River valley of northern Peru; B. c. beniensis is found in northeastern and central Bolivia, from Beni to Santa Cruz.
Habitat Types
The cobalt-winged parakeet lives in a variety of landscapes, including rainforest interior and edges, secondary forest, várzea, savanna, and Llanos.
Elevation Range
It commonly occurs up to an elevation of 1,000 m (3,300 ft), and occasionally up to 1,350 m (4,400 ft).
