Red-fronted Parrotlet
Touit costaricensis(Cory, CB, 1913)
English (US) Red-fronted Parrotlet
The Red-fronted Parrotlet (Touit costaricensis) 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: humid foothill forest of southeastern Costa Rica and western PanamaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Touit costaricensis
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Red-fronted Parrotlet
- Described by
- (Cory, CB, 1913)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Urochroma costaricensis
- Described by
- (Cory, CB, 1913)
- Type locality
- Near Puerto Limon, Costa Rica.
- Original description
- Field Museum of Natural History Publication, Ornithological Series Ser.1 p.283
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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