Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet
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| Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Touit |
| Species: | T. purpuratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Touit purpuratus (Gmelin, 1788) |
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The Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet (Touit purpuratus) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Touit purpuratus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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