Forest Parrotlets
Touit
Touit is a genus of Neotropical parrots in the family Psittacidae.
The genus was introduced by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855 with the scarlet-shouldered parrotlet (Touit huetii) as the type species. The genus name is derived from the extinct Tupi language that was spoken by native people in Brazil: Tuí eté means "really little parrot". In 1648 the German naturalist Georg Marcgrave used Tuiete for a small parrot in his Historia Naturalis Brasiliae.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Golden-tailed Parrotlet
speciesTouit surdus
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet
speciesTouit huetii
Lilac-tailed Parrotlet
speciesTouit batavicus
Brown-backed Parrotlet
speciesTouit melanonotus
Blue-fronted Parrotlet
speciesTouit dilectissimus
Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet
speciesTouit purpuratus
Red-fronted Parrotlet
speciesTouit costaricensis
Spot-winged Parrotlet
speciesTouit stictopterus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 19134.