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Lilac-tailed Parrotlet  (Touit batavica)

Also Known As: Seven-colored Parrotlet, Black-winged Parrotlet, Scopoli's Parrotlet
 
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Lilac-tailed Parrotlet, outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela

Credit: © Maria Isabel Fernandez
 
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Did You Know?
The Lilac-tailed Parrotlet nests in an arboreal termitarium (termite mound in a tree).

Status in the Wild
World Population:
Not recorded

Range: Trinidad, Guianas, and possibly Amapa, N Brazil; also scattered across N Venezuela, reaching N Colombia.

Habitat:
Found up to 1700m (5576 ft) in primary forest or taller secondary growth in tropical and subtropical zones; also may be seen lower down at forest edge and at clearings in dry deciduous and humid forest.

Threat Summary:
This species may have declined locally owing to deforestation.

IUCN Rating:
Least concern

Wild Diet:
Feeds on flowers, fruits and seeds.

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Seen generally in flocks of 10-30 individuals or more outside breeding season. Highly social when feeding and at roost. Keeps to upper stages of canopy, but comes lower in fruiting trees. Continuous chattering while flight.

Clutch and Egg Size:
5-6 almost spherical eggs, 22.0 x 19.5mm (0.9 x 0.7 in).

Breeding Season:
January-March, Trinidad.

More Info Sites:
http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/servlet/InfoNatura?searchName=Touit+batavicus

http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/distribution/lilac-tailed.parrotlet.html