Birds of the World


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


Red-fronted Parrotlet (Touit costaricensis) Near Threatened Range: MA: Costa Rica to w Panama 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 (Touit dilectissimus) Range: MA, SA: e Panama to Venezuela and nw Ecuador 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) Range: SA: Amazonia San José del Guaviare, Colombia
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Brown-backed Parrotlet (Touit melanonotus) Near Threatened Range: SA: se Brazil
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Found inside lowland forest. Note thick orange eye-ring, and brown back with bluish tinge.


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


Spot-winged Parrotlet (Touit stictopterus) Male Near Threatened Range: SA: s Colombia, Ecuador and n Peru Santa Maria, Boyacá, Colombia
Photograph by Manakin Nature Tours - Luis Urueña © All Rights Reserved.


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


Golden-tailed Parrotlet (Touit surdus) Vulnerable Range: SA: e Brazil Fazenda Agua Boa, Bahia, Brazil
Photograph by Vivek Tiwari © All Rights Reserved.

Often fans tail unlike other parrotlets.