Turquoise-winged parrotlet

Turquoise-winged parrotlet
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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. 2016. IUCN: e.T45428679A95153318. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T45428679A95153318.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

Juniper & Parr (1998) Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World; ISBN 0-300-07453-0.
Forshaw (2006) Parrots of the World: An Identification Guide; ISBN 0-691-09251-6.

[1] BirdLife International (2016). "Forpus spengeli". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T45428679A95153318. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T45428679A95153318.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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