Spot-winged Parrotlet

Touit stictopterus

17 to 18 cm.. height.

The Spot-winged Parrotlet (Touit stictopterus) It has a green overall coloration, clearer to the abdomen, wings brownish with white spots; below the tail opaque olive is yellow with blue edge.

The female differs from the male by feathers middle-lower wing which they are green; the forecrown and the face They are yellowish green.

• Sound of the Spot-winged Parrotlet.

Very rare species. Observed at the local level and in low densities in a Habitat in decline. Its population It is likely to be small and declining, with very small sub-populations in each known locality.
It inhabits in semi-humid cloud forests and seasonal crop areas, between 600 and 2400 m. Apparently performs altitudinal migrations, Perhaps conditioned by the supply of food.

The reproduction It is performed in March.

They feed on fruit and corn.

Size of the area of distribution (reproduction / resident): 129.000 km2

It lives in the wild in the Andes, southern Central cordilleras and Eastern in Colombia, western Ecuador and North of Peru.

State of conservation ⓘ
Vulnerable ⓘ (UICN)ⓘ

Globally it is in the category vulnerable (VU) and in Colombia in danger of extinction (IN). Deforestation in Andes It is their main threat.

Because of its condition It is not recommended that you keep this bird as a pet.

– Spot-winged Parrotlet, Brown-shouldered Parrotlet, Emma’s Parrotlet, Spot winged Parrotlet (English).
– Toui tacheté, Toui d’Emma (French).
– Tüpfelpapagei, Tüpfel-Papagei (German).
– Spot-winged Parrotlet (Portuguese).
– Cotorrita Alipinta, Lorito de Alas Moteadas, Periquito Alipunteado (español).
– Periquito Alipunteado (Colombia).
– Periquito de Ala Punteada (Peru).

– Order: Psittaciformes
– Family: Psittacidae
– Genus: Touit
– Scientific name: Touit stictopterus
– Citation: (Sclater, PL, 1862)
– Protonimo: Urochroma stictoptera

Spot-winged Parrotlet (Touit stictopterus)

Sources:

• Sounds: (Xeno-canto)