Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet |
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Also known as: Red-winged Parrotlet, Huet's Parrotlet
Wild Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlets
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Related publications: Touit huetiiSpecies Profile
Genus: Touit | Species: huetii
Size:
16cm (6.2 in)
Weight:
60g (2.1 oz)
Subspecies including nominate:
one
Colour Adult:
Male-underparts with green and yellow; blue/black face, turning to deep blue on forecheeks; pale olive/brown ear coverts and crown; dull blue thighs; yellow undertail coverts; scarlet bend of wing, underwing coverts and axillary feathers; green central tail feathers widely tipped with black; side tail feathers dark red tipped with black. Bill olive/yellow with grey at base. Eye ring prominent and bare, and white. Eye dark brown. Female-green/yellow lateral tail feathers with black tips.
Colour Juvenile:
As in adult female but blue/black on forehead and lores absent.
Call:
Calls made in flight are two-syllable tweeting notes; also nasal, whining notes repeated often.
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Content Sources:
CITES
BirdLife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998
ML Media Collection Catalogue 113217, Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet Touit huetii, Marantz, Curtis, Amazonas, Brazil, Dec. 31 1998, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Site
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006. 2010 edition
Lexicon of Parrots, Thomas Arndt.
Wild Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlets
© Nick Athanas
Photos
View in GalleryDid You Know?
The Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet is so quiet and shy that individual birds are easily overlooked, whereas whole flocks of these birds suddenly appear in trees, as if out of nowhere.Academic Research
Related publications: Touit huetiiSpecies Care
Captive Status:
Not found in captivity.
Longevity:
Not recorded.
Housing:
Not recorded.
Diet:
Not recorded.
Enrichment:
Not recorded.
Nest Box Size:
Not recorded.
Clutch Size:
Not recorded.
Incubation Time:
Not recorded.
Fledging Age:
Not recorded.
Hatch Weight:
Not recorded.
Peak Weight:
Not recorded.
Weaning Weight:
Not recorded.
Wild Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlets
© Nick Athanas
Photos
View in GalleryDid You Know?
The Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet is so quiet and shy that individual birds are easily overlooked, whereas whole flocks of these birds suddenly appear in trees, as if out of nowhere.Academic Research
Related publications: Touit huetiiSpecies Wild Status
World Population:
Unknown, decreasing.
IUCN Red List Status:
Least Concern
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
Threat Summary:
Apparently uncommon to rare, but also shy and remote so may be more common than records indicate. May also move from area to area, making sightings more infrequent. Recently discovered within two protected areas in N Pará, Brazil where it was not previously seen. May be declining for reasons not clear. Little trade recorded.
Range:
Scattered throughout Amazonia, from N Guyana, NE and S Venezuela and S Colombia to N Bolivia. Also in N Brazil south of Amazon River. Possibly in French Guiana and Trinidad.
Habitat:
Seen up to 1200m (3936 ft) in lowland humid forest and forest edge, and understorey. Found chiefly in terra firme forest but also varzea.
Wild Diet:
Fruits, seeds, berries and small nuts.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Is gregarious, sometimes seen in large flocks. Nests communally in dense foliage of upper tree crown.
Clutch and Egg Size:
Not recorded.
Breeding Season:
April, S Venezuela; September-December, Brazil.
Wild Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlets
© Nick Athanas
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The Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet is so quiet and shy that individual birds are easily overlooked, whereas whole flocks of these birds suddenly appear in trees, as if out of nowhere.Academic Research
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