Birds of the World

    PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae (African & New World Parrots)  
Genus: Forpus (9 species)

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


Pacific Parrotlet
Pacific Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis) Male
Range: SA: w Ecuador and nw Peru
Colombia  
   
Photograph by Brayan Coral Jaramillo   © All Rights Reserved.


Spectacled Parrotlet
Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus caucae) Male and Female
Range: MA, SA: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
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.

Riparian Parrotlet
Riparian Parrotlet (Forpus crassirostris) Male
Range: SA: se Colombia to n Peru and w Brazil
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Once grouped with the Blue-winged Parrotlet. Once called the Large-billed Parrotlet, but the large bill is only slightly larger. Note female is all green while male has some blue on the wings.

Mexican Parrotlet
Mexican Parrotlet (Forpus cyanopygius cyanopygius) Near Threatened
Range: MA: w Mexico
Durango Highway, Sinaloa, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Ron Knight     Copyright and usage info

Typical small songbird size parrotlet. Male has some blue on the wings.

Dusky-billed Parrotlet
Dusky-billed Parrotlet (Forpus modestus sclateri)
Range: SA: Amazonia
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
Range: SA: n
French Guiana  
   
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE   © All Rights Reserved.

Green-rumped Parrotlet
Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus cyanophanes) Female
Range: SA: n
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Male has some blue in the wings.
Additional photo.

Turquoise-winged Parrotlet
Turquoise-winged Parrotlet (Forpus spengeli) Male
Range: SA: n Colombia
Loro Parque,  
   
Photograph by Bárbol     Copyright and usage info

Split from the Blue-winged Parrotlet, and found only in north Colombia. Like similar parrotlets, the female is all green while the male has a turquoise wings and rump.

Yellow-faced Parrotlet
Yellow-faced Parrotlet (Forpus xanthops) Vulnerable
Range: SA: nc Peru
Marañon Valley, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet
Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius) Male
Range: SA: c, se
Brazil  
   
Photograph by Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes     Copyright and usage info

Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet
Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius) Female
Range: SA: c, se
Brazil
  Typical female in genus 'Forpus'.
   
Photograph by Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes     Copyright and usage info



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