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Touit stictopterus

Identification

17-18 cm. Green, dusky brown wings, whitish tips to coverts and orange tips to two outer median coverts. Female and immature have green wing-coverts with black bases. Similar spp. Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet T. huetii.

Distribution

Colombia. Ecuador and Peru.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Tall humid montane forests.

Behaviour

The diet includes fruit and maize.

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