Blue-winged Parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius)

Other Scientific Names
Forpus crassirostris [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(von Spix, 1824)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius) [XC613982]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Santa Rita do Novo Destino, Goi\u00e1s, Ch\u00e1cara Jayrson, Brazil (song)

Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius) [XC743987]
by Guilherme Melo from Parque Estadual Altamiro de Moura Pacheco, Goian\u00e1polis, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (flight call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus). Commonly referred to as Blue-winged Parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius), which was shown in 1905 to have been applied to an immature Yellow-chevroned Parakeet (Brotogeris chiriri), but which was mistakenly reinstated in 1945 when present species was separated from Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus). Isolated subspecies spengeli might belong with Mexican Parrotlet (Forpus cyanopygius) of Mexico.

Proposed subspecies olallae included within nominate.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

spengeli (von Spix, 1824) - Northern Colombia. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Turquoise-winged Parrotlet (Forpus spengeli).
crassirostris (Taczanowski, 1883) - South-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and northern Peru to western Brazil. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Large-billed Parrotlet (Forpus crassirostris).
flavescens (Salvadori, 1891) - South-eastern Peru and eastern Bolivia.
flavissimus Hellmayr, 1929 - North-eastern Brazil.
vividus (Ridgway, 1888) - Eastern and south-eastern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina.
xanthopterygius (von Spix, 1824) - Bolivia (and south-eastern Peru?) east to north-eastern Brazil, and south to Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina.

References
See References.

Files:

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