- Forpus spengeli
Identification
12–13 cm (4¾-5 in)
- Green overall plumage
- Underparts slightly yellower
- Pinkish bill
- Brown iris
Male
- Violet-blue just visible at the bend of the closed wing, on upperside of primaries and secondaries and under-wing coverts of the open wing, and turquoise-blue on lower back, and rump (in other words, the blue is paler).
Female: all green, yellowish forehead.
Similar species
Paler than Riparian Parrotlet, and compared to Forpus passerinus viridissimus, (the nearest subspecies of Green-rumped Parrotlet) the male has turquoise-blue on wings and rump (vs greenish) and the female has more yellowish in the head vs whitish auriculars in Green-rumped Parrotlet.
Distribution
Northern Colombia
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly included in Blue-winged Parrotlet together with Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet and Riparian Parrotlet. It has also been placed in Green-rumped Parrotlet, with which it is more closely related genetically, but reportedly there is no interbreeding.
Habitat
Semi-arid ares with second-growth, scrub or scattered trees, mostly in lowlands.
Behaviour
It seems there is no data specifically for this species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Collar, N., J. del Hoyo, G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2021). Turquoise-winged Parrotlet (Forpus spengeli), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (H. F. Greeney, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.buwpar1.01
- Proposal (eventually passed) to split this species from the former Blue-winged Parrotlet and/or from the Green-rumped Parrotlet.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Turquoise-winged Parrotlet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Turquoise-winged_Parrotlet
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.