Dusky-billed Parrotlet
Forpus modestus(Cabanis, JL, 1849)
English (US) Dusky-billed Parrotlet
The Dusky-billed Parrotlet (Forpus modestus) 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 modestus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Dusky-billed Parrotlet
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1849)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Forpus modestus modestus
- Forpus modestus sclateri
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacula modesta
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1849)
- Type locality
- Eraser
- Original description
- Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844 3 p.727
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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