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Green-rumped Parrotlet  

Also Known As: Blue-winged Parrotlet, Common Parrotlet, Guiana Parrotlet (F.p. passerinus)
 
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Green-Rumped Parrotlet perched

Credit: (c) Luiz Claudio Marigo | http://www.lcmarigo.com.br/ingles/index.htm
 
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Despite their small size, parrotlets should never be kept with other parrot types in the same cage. This is due to the aggressiveness of the male parrotlet.

Species Profile
Genus:
Forpus

Species:
passerinus

Size: Adult Weight:
12cm (4.7 in) 20-28g (0.7-1.0 oz)

Races including nominate:
five: F.p. passerinus, F.p. viridissimus, F.p. cyanophanes, F.p. cyanochlorus, F.p. deliciosus

Colourization Adult:
F.p. passerinus: male-lower back to upper tail coverts green, grey wash on nape and hindneck; secondary coverts pale blue; outer secondary feathers and inner primary coverts purple/blue; underwing coverts purple/blue tipped with green. Bill pink/horn coloured. Eye brown. Female-green markings instead of blue. F.p. viridissimus: male-darker green body; secondary feathers and secondary coverts darker blue; underwing coverts and axillary feathers blue/green with purple/blue patch on lesser underwing coverts. Female-as in passerinus. F.p. cyanophanes: male-as in viridissimus, but more extensive purple/blue on primary and secondary coverts forming obvious patch on closed wing. Female-as in passerinus. F.p. cyanochlorus: male-as in passerinus, but darker purple/blue on lesser underwing coverts. Female-more yellow/green than passerinus. F.p. deliciosus: male-lower back and rump emerald green washed pale blue; primary and secondary coverts pale blue with violet/blue along shafts of feathers. Female-as in passerinus, but with yellow wash on forehead.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adults.

Call: Calls in flight said to be shrill cheet-it...cheet-it or chee-sup....chee-sup. Also loud chattering notes while in flocks and more penetrating sounds.

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Content Sources:

Central Pets http://www.centralpets.com/animals/birds/parrots/prt1195.html

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E272.htm&Pic=272_1.JPG&Search=&Lang=

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1615&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 and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.