Birds of Panama

    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



Spectacled Parrotlet
Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus caucae) Male and Female
Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common, and abundant now in the Cauca Valley in the sugar cane fields.
A male with full bill.


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