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Touit dilectissimus
Photo by Steve Blain
Near Tandayapa, Ecuador

Identification

15cm

  • Green plumage
  • Blue forehead
  • Narrow band of red under eye
  • Red shoulders and leading edge of underwing
  • Yellow underwing coverts
  • Short tail, edged yellow

Distribution

Central and South America: found in humid eastern Panama to north-western Venezuela and north-western Ecuador.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Formerly considered conspecific with Red-fronted Parrotlet.

Habitat

Cloud forest at elevations from 800-1600m. Has been observed as low as 100m.

Behaviour

Breeding

It excavates its nest in an arboreal termite mound.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

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