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Green-rumped Parrotlet
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Parrots & macaws

Green-rumped Parrotlet

Forpus passerinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishGreen-rumped Parrotlet
DutchGroene Muspapegaai
SpanishPerico cola verde
Chinese绿腰鹦哥
Sranan Tongopopokai (general name for the group)
Scientific nameForpus passerinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

The green-rumped parrotlet (Forpus passerinus), also known as the green-rumped parakeet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae that is found in northeastern South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad. The green-rumped parrotlet occurs from northern Venezuela eastwards to the lower Amazon in Brazil, Also

Suriname and has been introduced to Curaçao, Jamaica and Barbados. It prefers semi-open lowland areas and is also sometimes present in city parks. There are five subspecies.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPsittaciformes
FamilyPsittacidae
GenusForpus

In Suriname

1,608Records in Suriname
30iNaturalist observations
1862First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne643
  • Paramaribo598
  • Para162
  • Wanica53
  • Saramacca40
  • Nickerie15
  • Sipaliwini14
  • Brokopondo8
  • Coronie4
  • Marowijne3

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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