Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet
Touit huetii(Temminck, CJ, 1830)
English (US) Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet
The Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet (Touit huetii) 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: patchily distributed northern South America to northern Bolivia and northern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Touit huetii
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus huetii
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1830)
- Type locality
- 'Probably from Peru'; upper Amazonia, substituted by Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., 15, 1908, p. 287.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.83, vol.4 pl.491
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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