- Forpus xanthopterygius
Identification
12–13 cm (4¾-5 in)
- Green overall plumage
- Underparts slightly yellower
- Horn bill (sometimes with pinkish wash)
- Brown iris
Male
- Blue just visible at the bend of the closed wing, on upperside of primaries and secondaries and under-wing coverts of the open wing, lower back, and rump
Female: all green, yellow tinge on head and flanks
Distribution
South America: eastern Bolivia and south-eastern Peru east to north-eastern Brazil, and south to Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina.
Taxonomy
Formerly included in Blue-winged Parrotlet together with Turquoise-winged Parrotlet and Riparian Parrotlet.
Photo by Daniesser
Nossa Fazenda, Esmeraldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, December 2006
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- F. x. flavescens: southeastern Peru and eastern Bolivia
- F. x. flavissimus: northeastern Brazil
- F. x. xanthopterygius: eastern Brazil to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina
Habitat
Ideal habitat seems to be riverine thickets and borders of rainforest and second growth, but also found in city parks, open woods, savanna, semi-open and shrubby areas.
Behaviour
Breeding
They nest in tree holes or use nests from other species, such as Rufous Hornero. There is little extra information available.
Diet
Their diet consists mainly of fruits, seeds, grass seeds and catkins.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.15.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to October 2008 (Corrigenda 8). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
- Arthur Grosset
- Collar, N., J. del Hoyo, G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2021). Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius), 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.buwpar3.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cobalt-rumped_Parrotlet
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