Birds of Colombia

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Genus: Touit (5 species, 8 worldwide)


Lilac-tailed Parrotlet (Touit batavicus) Trinidad
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A rare wanderer that can turn up in small groups anywhere (ProAves), Note lilac tail and black back.


Blue-fronted Parrotlet (Touit dilectissimus) ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia Note red around eyes and in wings (once called Red-winged Parrotlet).
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Note red around eyes and in wings (once called Red-winged Parrotlet).


Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet (Touit huetii) San José del Guaviare, Colombia
Photograph by Alejandro Montañez Mendez Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 License. You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work, and to adapt the work under the following conditions: You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work) If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.


Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet (Touit purpuratus)
Photograph by Marco Cruz © All Rights Reserved.


Spot-winged Parrotlet (Touit stictopterus) Male Near Threatened Santa Maria, Boyacá, Colombia
Photograph by Manakin Nature Tours - Luis Urueña © All Rights Reserved.


Spot-winged Parrotlet (Touit stictopterus) Female Near Threatened Santa Marta, Boyacá, Colombia Note black tips to wing feathers.
Photograph by Manakin Nature Tours - Luis Urueña © All Rights Reserved.

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