Parrots (Psittacidae) - HBW 4
Yellow-faced Parrotlet (Forpus xanthops)
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
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A group of birds in a bush Balsa, Cajamarca, Peru (Monotypic species)
Luc Fazio 26 July 1999 2 years ago 26 sec 4 -
A close-up of the head and then a back view of a male Vogelpark Walsrode, Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 2 years ago 27 sec 3.6
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A bird feeding on a cactus tree. Balsas, Amazonas, Peru (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 8 July 2005 1 year ago 4
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