Male © Jefferson Chacon Retana
Female © Oliver Komar
Male and female © Oliver Komar
Male and female © Jorge Gabriel Campos
+ 2
Male © Diego Quesada

Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis

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Identification

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Small parrot with short square tail. Mostly green with red forehead and shoulder. In flight, partially yellow underwings and yellow in tail are visible. Restricted range; prefers montane forests, where it forages inconspicuously in the canopy and is sometimes seen in pairs or small flocks in flight. Combination of small size and tail shape is distinctive in range. Feeds on fruit.

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