Birds of Mexico

    PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae (African & New World Parrots)  
Genus: Forpus (1 species, 9 worldwide)

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


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

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


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