Dusky-billed Parrotlet

Dusky-billed Parrotlet
Dusky-billed Parrotlet
Illustration by Keulemans, 1891
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Forpus
Species: F. modestus
Binomial name
Forpus modestus
(Cabanis, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Psittacula sclateri
  • Forpus sclateri

The Dusky-billed Parrotlet (Forpus modestus, syn. F. sclateri), also known as the Sclater's Parrotlet, is a small species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in the Amazon Rainforest in South America, where it is locally fairly common; it is in the Andes, and the Amazonian foothills; also the Amazon River outlet, and Marajo Island. It resembles other parrotlets, but has a largely dark upper mandible.

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