Touit
| Touit | |
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| Brown-backed parrotlet,Touit melanonotus | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Subfamily: | Arinae |
| Genus: | Touit G.R. Gray,1855 |
| Type species | |
| Psittacus huetii[1] Temminck, 1830
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| Species | |
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Touitis a genus ofNeotropicalparrotsin the familyPsittacidae.
The genus was introduced by the English zoologistGeorge Robert Grayin 1855 with thescarlet-shouldered parrotlet(Touit huetii) as thetype species.[2]The genus name is derived from the extinctTupi languagethat was spoken by native people in Brazil:Tuí etémeans "really little parrot".[3]In 1648 the German naturalistGeorg MarcgraveusedTuietefor a small parrot in hisHistoria Naturalis Brasiliae.[4]
The genus contains the following eight species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Touit batavicus | Lilac-tailed parrotlet | Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela | |
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Touit huetii | Scarlet-shouldered parrotlet | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela |
| Touit costaricensis | Red-fronted parrotlet | Central America in Costa Rica and Panama | |
| Touit dilectissimus | Blue-fronted parrotletor red-winged parrotlet | coastal Andes to Peru | |
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Touit purpuratus | Sapphire-rumped parrotlet | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
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Touit melanonotus | Brown-backed parrotlet | south-eastern Brazil from Bahia to southern São Paulo |
| Touit surdus | Golden-tailed parrotlet | eastern Brazil. | |
| Touit stictopterus | Spot-winged parrotlet | Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru |
References[edit]
- ^"Psittacidae".aviansystematics.org.The Trust for Avian Systematics.Retrieved2023-07-24.
- ^Gray, George Robert(1855).Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum.London: British Museum. p. 89.
- ^Jobling, James A. (2010).The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names.London: Christopher Helm. p.388.ISBN978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^Marcgrave, Georg(1648).Historia Naturalis Brasiliae(in Latin). Vol. Liber Quintus: Qui agit de Avibus. Lugdun and Batavorum (London and Leiden): Franciscum Hackium and Elzevirium. p. 206.
- ^Gill, Frank;Donsker, David, eds. (2019)."Parrots, cockatoos".World Bird List Version 9.2.International Ornithologists' Union.Retrieved11 August2019.
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