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Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus)
Also Known As: Blue-winged Parrotlet, Common Parrotlet, Guiana Parrotlet (F.p. passerinus)
Green-Rumped Parrotlet perched
Credit: (c) Luiz Claudio Marigo | http://www.lcmarigo.com.br/ingles/index.htm
Status in the Wild
World Population:Not recorded
Range:
F.p. passerinus: Guianas, also introduced unsuccessfully to Martinique, West Indies.
F.p. viridissimus: Trinidad, N Venezuela and NE Colombia. Introduced to Curacao, Netherland Antilles; also Tobago and possibly to Jamaica and Barbados.
F.p. cyanophanes: N Colombia.
F.p. cyanochlorus: Upper Rio Branco, Roraima, N Brazil.
F.p. deliciosus: N Brazil.
Habitat:
Found up to 1800m (5904 ft) in open to semi-open habitats, including dry scrubland, deciduous woodland, gallery forest near water, farmland and other cultivation with scattered trees and urban parks or gardens.
Threat Summary:
Evidence of population increase due to forest clearance.
IUCN Rating:
Least concern
Wild Diet:
Mostly small seeds (grasses), also flowers, buds, berries and fruits.
CITES Rating:
Appendix II
Ecology:
Gregarious, forming flocks of up to 100 birds at one time in communal roosts or feeding areas outside of breeding season. About half of wild females attempt second brood in breeding season.
Clutch and Egg Size:
5 or 6 sperical to elliptical eggs, 17.5 x 14.4mm. (0.7 x 0.5 in).
Breeding Season:
July-November, Venezuela; February-August, Trinidad; May-October, Colombia.
Links to Other Project(s):
http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v104n01/p0065-p0084.pdf
http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&issn=0010-5422&volume=103&issue=01&page=0085
Research project
More Info Sites:
http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/15/4/607
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-rumped_Parrotlet
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15442494
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