Lilac-tailed Parrotlet
Touit batavicus(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Lilac-tailed Parrotlet
The Lilac-tailed Parrotlet (Touit batavicus) 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 Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago and the GuianasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Touit batavicus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lilac-tailed Parrotlet
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittaca Batavica
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- Batavia, ex Daubenton, PI. enlum., no. 791, error, Venezuela substituted by Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., 15, 1908, p. 287.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.49
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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