Blue-fronted Parrotlet
Touit dilectissimus(Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1871)
English (US) Blue-fronted Parrotlet
The Blue-fronted Parrotlet (Touit dilectissimus) 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 eastern Panama to northwestern Venezuela and northwestern EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Touit dilectissimus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-fronted Parrotlet
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1871)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Urochroma dilectissima
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1871)
- Type locality
- South of Merida, Venezuela.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870, pt.3 p.788 pl.47
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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