Parrots (Psittacidae)
Yellow-faced Parrotlet (Forpus xanthops) - HBW 4, p. 450
French: Toui à tête jaune
German: Gelbmasken-Sperlingspapagei
Spanish: Cotorrita Carigualda
Taxonomy: Psittacula xanthops Salvin, 1895, Viña, Huamachuco.
Has been judged a subspecies of F. coelestis, to which it is clearly closely related; but size and colour differences suggest better treated as members of a superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: NC Peru in upper Marañón Valley.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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A group of birds in a bush Locality Balsa, Cajamarca Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Luc Fazio 26 July 1999 5 years ago 26 sec 4 -
A close-up of the head and then a back view of a male Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 5 years ago 27 sec 3.6
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A bird feeding on a cactus tree.
Locality Balsas, Amazonas Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 8 July 2005 4 years ago 4 -
Feeding on cactus tree fruits. A group a birds (around10) in the lower third of the valley
Locality Marañón Valley, Cajamarca Department, Peru
auf 8 August 2008 3 years ago 3 -
Feeding on cactus tree fruits. A group a birds (around10) in the lower third of the valley
Locality Marañón Valley, Cajamarca Department, Peru
auf 8 August 2008 3 years ago 3
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