Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) [XC354896]
by Francisco contreras from left bank of Rio Uraricuera, just east of BR-174, Roraima, Brazil (call)
Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) [XC353217]
by Rolf A. de By from Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia (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.