- Touit melanonotus
Identification
15cm
- Green head, nape, underparts
- Blue grey flanks
- Dark brown mantle and back
- Brown ear coverts
- Green rump
- Tail in centrally green but outer rectrices are red with black tip
- Upperside of wings have brown at the bend of the wing
- Orange eye-ring
- Bill yellowish to grey basally
Distribution
South America: found in south-eastern Brazil (southern Bahia to Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Paraná).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Moist forests, mainly 500 - 1200 m locally 0 - 1700 m asl.
Behaviour
While feeding climbs around using feet and bill. Eats fruit and berries. Frequently seen moving around in flocks.
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- BirdLife Species
- Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7
- Collar, N., G. M. Kirwan, P. F. D. Boesman, and C.J. Sharpe (2020). Brown-backed Parrotlet (Touit melanonotus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D.A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.brbpar1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brown-backed Parrotlet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown-backed_Parrotlet
External Links
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