Mexican Parrotlet
Forpus cyanopygius(de Souancé, C, 1856)
English (US) Mexican Parrotlet
The Mexican Parrotlet (Forpus cyanopygius) 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.
- Scientific name
- Forpus cyanopygius
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Mexican Parrotlet
- Described by
- (de Souancé, C, 1856)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Forpus cyanopygius insularis
- Forpus cyanopygius cyanopygius
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacula cyanopygia
- Described by
- (de Souancé, C, 1856)
- Type locality
- No locality, Cory, Cat. Bds. Am., pt. 2, no. 1, 1918, accepts 'northwestern Mexico.'
- Original description
- Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 8 p.157
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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