Brown-backed Parrotlet
Touit melanonotus(Wied-Neuwied, M, 1820)
English (US) Brown-backed Parrotlet
The Brown-backed Parrotlet (Touit melanonotus) 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: southeastern Brazil (southern Bahia to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Touit melanonotus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Brown-backed Parrotlet
- Described by
- (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1820)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus melanonotus
- Described by
- (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1820)
- Type locality
- Vigoza, between Mucuri and Caravelles, on the coast of extreme southern Bahia, Brazil
- Original description
- Reise nach Brasilien in den Jahren 1815 bis 1817 1 p.273 (or p.275), note
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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