Dusky-billed Parrotlet (Forpus sclateri)

Identification & Behavior: ~13 cm (5.1 in). The male Dusky-billed Parrotlet has a bright blue rump, underwing coverts, and flight feathers. The female is all green. The bill is dusky (culmen) in both sexes. It is similar to the Blue-winged Parrotlet but is distinguished by having a dusky bill. The female Dusky-billed Parrotlet has yellowish face and breast.

Status: The Dusky-billed Parrotlet is uncommon and widespread in Amazonia generally below 600 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Periquito de Pico Oscuro.

Sub-species: Dusky-billed Parrotlet (Forpus modestus sclateri), G. R. Gray, 1859.

Meaning of Name: Forpus: Gr.  Not explained by probably phoreö= to possess and pous= foot or special type of foot. sclateri: in honor of the English ornithologist and collector Philip Lutley Sclater (1829-1913) and his son William Lutley Sclater (1863-1944) English ornithologist Director of the Cape Town Museum (1896-1906).

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