Golden-tailed Parrotlet
Touit surdus(Kuhl, H, 1820)
English (US) Golden-tailed Parrotlet
The Golden-tailed Parrotlet (Touit surdus) 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: eastern Brazil (Pernambuco to São Paulo)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Touit surdus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Golden-tailed Parrotlet
- Described by
- (Kuhl, H, 1820)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus surdus
- Described by
- (Kuhl, H, 1820)
- Type locality
- Brazil.
- Original description
- Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum 10 p.59
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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