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Revision as of 20:57, 12 October 2015
- Forpus xanthops
Identification
14.5cm
Male
- Yellow crown, cheeks, and throat
- Violet grey occiput and nape, extending as a stripe to eye
- Greenish-grey upper back and wings
- Blue lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts
- Wings
- Violet blue primary and secondary-coverts, also inner secondaries
- Paler secondary-coverts
- Blue under wing-coverts
- Bluish-green undersides of flight feathers
- Greenish-yellow underparts
- Tail green above, dusky green below
- Horn bill with grey at base of upper mandible
- Brown iris
- Brown legs
Female: similar to male but paler. Lower back and rump pale blue; primary and secondary-coverts, secondaries, and bases to primaries green tinged with blue.
Distribution
South America: Endemic to Peru (dry scrub of upper Marañón Valley).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1], which used to be included in Pacific Parrotlet.
Habitat
Dry deciduous woodland, riparian thickets and scrub.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes the seeds of balsas trees and cacti, fruits and flowers.
Breeding
They nest in natural dirt and rock walls, in colonies, and 3-6 eggs are laid.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014)
- AvianWeb
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-faced Parrotlet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-faced_Parrotlet