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Red-fronted Parrotlet
Also Known As: Red-winged Parrotlet, Costa Rican Parrotlet
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Did You Know?
The Touit genus of parrotlets nests in arboreal termitaria, or termite nests in trees.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Touit
Species:
costaricensis
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 17cm (6.6 in) | 65g (2.3 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Male- mainly green in colour; red forehead, crown, lores and band below eye; blue line below red line under eye; green/yellow chin and throat; red bend of wing, lesser, outer median and inner primary coverts; red forewing; yellow underwing coverts; black central tail feathers with green towards bases; lateral tail feathers green/yellow tipped with black. Bill olive/yellow with grey at base. Eye ring bare and grey. Eye brown/yellow. Female- red on lesser and outer median wing coverts minimal or absent; black inner primary coverts.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adult female but with red forecrown mixed with green.
Call: Calls are like those of the Blue-fronted Parrotlet T. dillectissima: in flight a soft, high-pitched series of notes repeated several times between pauses. When taking flight calls more loudly.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
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=1633&m=0
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
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