Pacific Parrotlet
Forpus coelestis(Lesson, RP, 1847)
English (US) Pacific Parrotlet
The Pacific Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittacidae (African and New World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: arid littoral of western Ecuador and northwestern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Forpus coelestis
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pacific Parrotlet
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1847)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Agapornis coelestis
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1847)
- Type locality
- Peru.
- Original description
- Complément des oeuvres de Buffon, ou histoire naturelle des animaux rares découverts par les naturalistes et les voyageurs depuis la mort de Buffon 20 p.198
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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