Golden-tailed Parrotlet
Touit surdus
Small parrot with a short, squared tail. The body is largely green with distinctive brown bases to the wings and an orangey face. Males have orange outer tail feathers, all green on females. Rare Brazilian endemic species restricted to humid forest where it is usually silent whilst perched, but is more vocal in flight.
识别特征
The golden-tailed parrotlet is about 16 cm (6.3 in) long. Its body is mostly green, darker above than below, and rather emerald green on the rump and uppertail coverts. Its forehead, lores, and cheeks are yellow; it has a white eye ring. Its scapulars are olive-brown. Its flight feathers are dusky brown with green edges, its primary coverts dark brown, the other wing coverts green, and the carpal area blue. Males' central tail feathers are green and the others greenish yellow; all have narrow black tips. Females are very similar to males but have somewhat duller underparts and greener tail feathers.
分类信息
The golden-tailed parrotlet is monotypic. However, the northern population might merit separation as a subspecies.
- 学名
- Touit surdus
- 命名信息
- (Kuhl, 1820)
- 目
- Psittaciformes
- 科
- Psittacidae
- 属
- Touit
分布与栖息地
The golden-tailed parrotlet has a disjunct distribution in northeastern and eastern Brazil. It is found in Ceará, intermittently from Pernambuco to Alagoas, and again intermittently between Bahia and São Paulo state. It inhabits humid evergreen forest and forest on sandy soils both primary and secondary. It also frequents cacao plantations, and inland is found in the lower levels of montane forest. In elevation it is found from sea level to 900 or 1,000 m (3,000 or 3,300 ft).
- 迁徙
- Resident species
行为
Some season movements of the golden-tailed parrotlet have been noted, but they are not well defined.<p>The golden-tailed parrotlet usually forages in small flocks that are suspected to be family groups. Its diet is mostly fruit but details are lacking.<p>The golden-tailed parrotlet is thought to start breeding behavior in September or October, the start of the rainy season. The only known nests were in arboreal termite nests. The clutch size, incubation period, time to fledging, and details of parental care are not known.<p>The golden-tailed parrotlet's call is a "falsetto 'kree-kree-kree-kruh- -' or shrieking 'k'reeéh'."
保护状况
- 种群趋势
- declining
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