Parrots

Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet

Touit purpuratus

The Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet (Touit purpuratus) is a 60 g forest bird that eats mostly fruit. Some populations migrate.

Family

Parrots

Order

Psittaciformes

Weight

60 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

8

Recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela, GF, Peru, Suriname, Ecuador.

Where to see it: Roche Corail (French Guiana); Fredberg · Zintete Lodge (Suriname); Brownsberg Nature Park (please use more precise location) (Suriname); Camp Bonaventure (French Guiana); Atta Lodge / Iwokrama Canopy Walkway (Guyana).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist