Other Scientific Names
Touit purpurata [BirdLife International (2004)], Touit purpurata [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Touit purpurata [Stotz et al. (1996)]
Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet (Touit purpuratus) [XC119474]
by John V. Moore from Trair\u00e3o, Para, Brazil (call, song)
Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet (Touit purpuratus) [XC303461]
by Mauricio \u00c1lvarez-Rebolledo from Caracara\u00ed, Roraima, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
viridiceps Chapman, 1929 - Southern Venezuela southern from Cerro Duida into northern Brazil on upper R Negro and west to south-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador (one record) and north-eastern Peru.
purpuratus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - Southern Venezuela eastern from Cerro Duida through the Guianas to northern Brazil, including lower R Negro, as far as Maranhío.