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.

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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

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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
Click to play 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