Birds of Costa Rica

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Genus: Touit (1 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.

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