Blue-fronted Parrotlet (Touit dilectissimus)

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

Other Names (World)
Blue-fronted Parrotlet, Red-winged Parrotlet

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
15 - 17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater & Salvin, 1871)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 800 - 1,700 m, occasionally down to 100 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela.

Eastern Panama through north-eastern Colombia to western Venezuela, and southern on Pacific slope to north-western Ecuador.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)

Blue-fronted Parrotlet (Touit dilectissimus) [XC629754]
by Brian Cox from Altos del Torreon, Altos de Cerro Azul, Eastern Panama, Panama (call, flight call)

Blue-fronted Parrotlet (Touit dilectissimus) [XC62137]
by William Adsett from Rio Silanche, Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha, Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes treated as conspecific with Red-fronted Parrotlet (Touit costaricensis).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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