Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet (Touit huetii)

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
15 - 16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1830)

Habitat
Humid lowland forest, predominantly terra firme (with no flooding), but also v�rzea (seasonally flooded forest). Usually below 900 m, but up to 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Southern and north-eastern Venezuela and adjacent northern Guyana, occasionally on Trinidad; disjunct in eastern Colombia; then from eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru to northern Bolivia; and Amazonian Brazil from R Aripuan� east to R Tocantins, with a single record from Manaus. It is not known whether the apparent gaps in this range are genuine.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status VU
Habitat destruction through deforestation as land is cleared for cattle ranching and soy production, and possibly hunting, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A soft, disyllabic 'touit'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet (Touit huetii) [XC119579]
by Sidnei Dantas from Itaituba, Para, Brazil (flight call)

Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet (Touit huetii) [XC854934]
by id from Machadinho d'Oeste, Rond\u00f4nia, Brazil (flight call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
Orange-cheeked Parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) is larger. White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus) is much larger than both.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet (Touit huetii) - 10 files

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