Most Common Parrotlet Species and Listing by Genus
Amazonian Parrotlets (Nannopsittaca dachilleae)
Black Billed Parrotlets – Please see Sclater’s Parrotlets
Blue-winged Parrotlets (Forpus xanthopterygius xanthopterygius)
- Ceara Blue-winged Parrotlets (Forpus xanthopterygius flavissimus aka Forpus passerinus flavissimus)
- Olalla’s Blue-winged Parrotlets (Forpus xanthopterygius olallae aka Forpus passerinus olallae)
- Salvadori’s Blue-winged Parrotlets (Forpus xanthopterygius flavescens aka Forpus passerinus flavescens)
- Spengel’s Parrotlets aka Turquoise-rumped Parrotlets (Forpus xanthopterygius spengeli aka Forpus spengeli)
- Thick-billed Blue-winged Parrotlets aka as the Large-billed Parrotlets (Forpus xanthopterygius crassirostris aka Forpus passerinus crassirostris)
Brown-backed Parrotlets (Touit melanonota)
Celestial or Pacific Parrotlets aka Lesson’s Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis)
Golden-tailed Parrotlets (Touit surda surda)
- Berla’s Golden-tailed Parrotlets (Touit surda ruficauda)
Green-rumped Parrotlets aka Guiana Parrotlets
- Venezuelan Green Parrotlets aka Caracas Parrotlets or Venezuelan Green-rumped Parrotlets (Forpus passerinus viridissimus)
- Rio Hacha Parrotlets aka Rio Hacha Parrotlets (Forpus passerinus cyanophanes)
- Santarém Passerin Parrotlets aka Delicate Parrotlets (Forpus passerinus deliciosus)
- Schlegel’s Parrotlets (Forpus passerinus cyanochlorus)
Guiana Parrotlets – Please go to: Green-rumped Parrotlets
Lesson’s Parrotlet – Please see Celestial Parrotlets
Mexican Parrotlets (Forpus cyanopygius cyanopygius)
- Sonora Parrotlets (Forpus cyanopygius pallidus)
- Grayson’s Parrotlets (Forpus cyanopygius insularis)
Mount Roraima Parakeets (Tepui Parrotlets)
Pacific Parrotlets (Forpus coelestis)
Red-fronted Parrotlets (Touit costaricensis; sometimes included as a sub-species of the Red-winged Parrotlet as Touit dilectissima costaricencis. Most agree that these are two separate species)
Red-winged Parrotlets (Touit dilectissima aka Touit dilectissima dilectissima)
Sapphire-rumped Parrotlets (Touit purpurata purpurata)
- Chapman’s Sapphire-rumped Parrotlets (Touit purpurata viridiceps
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlets (Touit huetii)
Sclater’s or Dusky-billed Parrotlets (Forpus sclateri sclateri)
- Schomburgk’s Parrotlets (Forpus sclateri eidos)
Seven-colored Parrotlets (Touit batavica)
Spectacled Parrotlets (Forpus conspicillatus conspicillatus)
- Cauca Spectacled Parrotlets (Forpus conspicillatus caucae)
- Meta Spectacled Parrotlets (Forpus conspicillatus metae)
Spot-winged Parrotlets (Touit stictoptera)
Tepui Parrotlets (Nannopsittaca panychlora)
Yellow-faced Parrotlets (Forpus xanthops)
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