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Amazonian Parrotlet  

 
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Amazonian Parrotlet, Peru

Credit: (c) Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi | http://www.justbirds.org/home.htm
 
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The Amazonian Parrotlet was first discovered in 1991.

Species Profile
Genus:
Nannopsittaca

Species:
dachilleae

Size: Adult Weight:
12cm (4.68in) Not available

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults mainly yellow/green in colour; light blue lores, forehead and forecrown; yellow/green cheeks and chin; olive wash to mantle and lesser wing coverts. Bill pale pink. Eye brown.

Colourization Juvenile: Undescribed

Call: Calls are described as high-pitched and piping, sounding very like domestic fowl chicks.

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Content Sources:

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1630&m=0

xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.