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 LC    Green-rumped Parrotlet* Id (Atlas):
    Forpus passerinus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Green-rumped Parrotlet, Guiana Parrotlet, Common Parrotlet, Blue-winged Parrotlet

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)
Aruba, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Introduced to Barbados (B), Jamaica.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

 
Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) [XC663309]
     by Meenakshi from Taratara, Venezuela (aberrant)

 
Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) [XC325548]
     by Ross Gallardy from Itapiranga, Amazonas, Brazil (flight call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Forpus crassirostris (see Blue-winged Parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius)).

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • cyanophanes (Todd, 1915)   -  Northern Colombia.
  • viridissimus (Lafresnaye, 1848)   -  Northern Venezuela perhaps into north-eastern Colombia. Also Trinidad, where possibly introduced.
  • passerinus (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  The Guianas, mainly near coast.
  • cyanochlorus (Schlegel, 1864)   -  Roraima, north-western Brazil.
  • deliciosus (Ridgway, 1888)   -  Lower Amazon in Brazil.



References
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Files:
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