Turquoise-winged parrotlet
Turquoise-winged parrotlet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Subfamily: | Arinae |
Genus: | Forpus |
Species: | F. spengeli |
Binomial name | |
Forpus spengeli (Hartlaub, 1885) | |
Synonyms | |
Forpus xanthopterygius spengeli |
The turquoise-winged parrotlet (Forpus spengeli) is a small parrot endemic to Colombia. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the blue-winged parrotlet, and some taxonomic authorities (including the American Ornithological Society, still consider it so. The species blues are paler than the blue-winged parrotlet, with the turquoise-winged parrotlet having some violet mixed into underwings. Remiges are mainly green, with only base colored blue.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Forpus spengeli". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T45428679A95153318. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T45428679A95153318.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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