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Forpus xanthopterygius

Photo by Rogerio Araújo Dias
Brasilia, Brazil

[edit] Identification

12cm

• Horn bill
• Brown iris
  

Male

• Blue along wing edge and rump
  

Female: all green, yellow tinge on head and flanks

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

[edit] Taxonomy

Forpus crassirostris has also been used as the scientific name for this species, even though the majority of world wide checklists now use Forpus xanthopterygius

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

Rufous Hornero nest (or "oven") taken over by Blue-winged Parrotlet
Photo by Daniesser
Nossa Fazenda, Esmeraldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, December 2006

Five subspecies are recognized:

• F.x. spengeli:

• Northern Colombia

• F.x. xanthopterygius:

• South-eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, northern Peru and western Brazil

• F.x. flavescens:

• South-eastern Peru and eastern Bolivia

• F.x. flavissimus'':

• North-eastern Brazil (Maranhão, Ceará and Paraíba to northern Bahia)

• F.x. vividus:

• Eastern and south-eastern Brazil to Paraguay and northern Argentina

[edit] Habitat

Cerrado, semi-open and shrubby areas, riverine thickets, forest borders, city parks, open woods, savanna.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

They nest in tree holes or use nests from other species, such as Rufous Hornero.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes fruits, seeds, grass seeds and catkins.

[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. SACC proposal discussing the two scientific names used for this species
3. Arthur Grosset
4. Avian Web

• List of references

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