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Touit dilectissimus

Photo by Steve Blain
Near Tandayapa, Ecuador

[edit] 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

[edit] Distribution

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

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Formerly considered conspecific with Red-fronted Parrotlet.

[edit] Habitat

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

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

It excavates its nest in an arboreal termite mound.

[edit] 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

• List of references

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