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 LC    Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet* Id (Atlas):
    Touit purpuratus

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Touit purpurata [BirdLife International (2004)], Touit purpurata [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Touit purpurata [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
17 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

 
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.



References
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Files:
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