Birds of Panama

    PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae (African & New World Parrots)  
Genus: Touit (2 species, 8 worldwide)


Red-fronted Parrotlet
Red-fronted Parrotlet (Touit costaricensis) Near Threatened
La Union de Guapiles, Limon, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Songbird-sized parrot with red forehead and around eye, and on wings. Moves between sea-level forests during wet season and high altitude forests in dry season (HBW). A canopy species.

Blue-fronted Parrotlet
Blue-fronted Parrotlet (Touit dilectissimus)
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, AnorĂ­, 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).


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