- Touit surdus
Identification
16 cm
Bright green with yellow round the blue eye-ring and looking almost pink on the forehead. The primaries are black and the short, square tail is golden-yellow with black tips though the central rectrices are green.
Distribution
South America: endemic to eastern Brazil (Pernambuco to São Paulo).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Atlantic forest fragments. Lowland evergreen and sand-plain forest.
Behaviour
They fly fast and high.
Diet
Little is known, apart from eating fruit.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- BF Member observations
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Golden-tailed Parrotlet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Golden-tailed_Parrotlet
