Turquoise-winged Parrotlet
Forpus spengeli(Hartlaub, KJG, 1885)
English (US) Turquoise-winged Parrotlet
The Turquoise-winged Parrotlet (Forpus spengeli) 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: northern ColombiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Forpus spengeli
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Turquoise-winged Parrotlet
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1885)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacula spengeli
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1885)
- Type locality
- Barranquilla, Colombia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1885, pt.3, no.40 p.614 pl.38 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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