Birds of Venezuela

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Genus: Forpus (3 species, 9 worldwide)

Forpus is a genus of sparrow-sized (around 13 cm.) green parrots, called Parrotlets



Spectacled Parrotlet
Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus caucae) Male and Female
Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Common, in groups, and abundant now in the Cauca Valley in the sugar cane fields.
A male with full bill.

Dusky-billed Parrotlet
Dusky-billed Parrotlet (Forpus modestus sclateri)
Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.



Green-rumped Parrotlet
Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus passerinus) Male
French Guiana   		   
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE   © All Rights Reserved.

Green-rumped Parrotlet
Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus cyanophanes) Female
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Male has some blue in the wings.
Additional photo.

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