Red-fronted Parrotlet - BirdForum Opus

Touit costaricensis

Identification

15cm. Green, short tail, red forehead, lores, and under eye, red shoulders and leading edge of underwing, and the remaining underwing coverts yellow. Edges of tail also yellow.

Distribution

Costa Rica and western Panama.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Habitat

Wet cool forest at mid to high elevation.

Behaviour

Voice sounds like the genus name Touit

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Garrigues and Dean 2007. The birds of Costa Rica - a field guide. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9
3. Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126

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