Parrots (Psittacidae)
Blue-winged Parrotlet (Forpus crassirostris) - HBW 4, p. 449
French: Toui de Spix
German: Blauflügel-Sperlingspapagei
Spanish: Cotorrita Aliazul
Taxonomy: Psittacula crassirostris Taczanowski, 1883, Yurimaguas, Peru.
Forms a superspecies with F. passerinus. Commonly referred to as F. xanthopterygius, which was shown in 1905 to have been applied to an immature Brotogeris chiriri, but which was mistakenly reinstated in 1945 when present species was separated from F. passerinus. Isolated race spengeli might belong with F. cyanopygius of Mexico; proposed race olallae included within nominate. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- spengeli (Hartlaub, 1885) - N Colombia.
- crassirostris (Taczanowski, 1883) - SE Colombia, E Ecuador and N Peru to W Brazil.
- flavescens (Salvadori, 1891) - SE Peru and E Bolivia.
- spengeli (Hartlaub, 1885) - N Colombia.
- crassirostris (Taczanowski, 1883) - SE Colombia, E Ecuador and N Peru to W Brazil.
- flavescens (Salvadori, 1891) - SE Peru and E Bolivia.
- flavissimus Hellmayr, 1929 - NE Brazil.
- vividus (Ridgway, 1888) - E & SE Brazil, Paraguay and N Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male. Locality Quixadá, Ceará State, Brazil
Ciro Albano 26 January 2010 3 years ago 27 sec 4.7 -
Two birds eating cercropia fruits Locality Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 1 year ago 53 sec 4.4 -
Two birds at a cercropia tree Locality Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 1 year ago 33 sec 4.3 -
Two adult birds Locality Maraial, Pernambuco State, Brazil
Carlos Gussoni 18 February 2011 2 years ago 26 sec 4 -
Adult. A pair with a chick Locality Puerto Piracuacito, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Martin Manassero 19 February 2012 1 year ago 32 sec 3.8 -
2 birds eating cercropia fruits Locality Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 1 year ago 48 sec 3.8
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Two birds allopreening on a branch.
Locality Beni Department, Bolivia
Joe Tobias 24 September 2005 33 weeks ago 3.7 -
Blue-winged Parrotlet feeding.
Locality Bahia State, Brazil
Stephen John Jones 5 January 2009 2 years ago 3.6 -
A bird feeding in a tree.
Locality Trinidad, Beni Department, Bolivia
Joe Tobias 5 September 2005 33 weeks ago 3.5 -
Two birds perched on a branch.
Locality Beni Department, Bolivia
Joe Tobias 24 September 2005 33 weeks ago 3.3 -
Showing its blue wings
Locality Entre Rios de Minas, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Wei Yichao 29 December 2012 18 weeks ago 3 -
A bird perched on a tree stump.
Locality Iguazú National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina (ssp vividus)
Carmelo López 5 November 2011 1 year ago 3
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Two bird singing in in flight. Locality Itatiaia National Park, Brazil
(ssp (ssp Forpus xanthopterygius))
Antonio Silveira 1 February 1991 45 weeks ago 4 -
a pair Locality Pernambuco State, Brazil
(ssp Forpus xanthopterygius)
Ciro Albano 13 July 2004 4 years ago 4 -
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Bird alone singing on a top of tree in Atlantic rainforest. Locality Fazenda Country, Canavieiras, Bahia State, Brazil
(ssp Forpus xanthopterygius)
Antonio Silveira 29 January 2013 15 weeks ago 0 -
Birds singing in the forest. Locality Comandatuba Island, Una, Bahia State, Brazil
(ssp Forpus xanthopterygius)
Antonio Silveira 30 January 2013 15 weeks ago 0
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