Yellow-faced Parrotlet
Forpus xanthops(Salvin, O, 1895)
English (US) Yellow-faced Parrotlet
The Yellow-faced Parrotlet (Forpus xanthops) 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 Peru (dry scrub of upper Marañón Valley)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Forpus xanthops
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Yellow-faced Parrotlet
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1895)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacula xanthops
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1895)
- Type locality
- Vina, Huamachuco, 5500 feet, Peru.
- Original description
- Novitates Zoologicae 2 p.19 pl.2 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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