Brown-backed parrot

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Brown-backed parrot
Brown-backed parrot

Brown-backed parrot

Systematics
Row : Land vertebrates (Tetrapoda)
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Parrots (Psittaciformes)
Family : True parrots (Psittacidae)
Tribe : New World Parrots (Arini)
Type : Brown-backed parrot
Scientific name
Touit melanonota
( Wied , 1820)

The brown-backed parrotlet ( Touit melanonotus , Syn. : Psittacus melanonotus ) belongs to the family of authentics Parrots to the genus of stained tail parrots . There are no known subspecies.

habitat

The brown-backed parrot occurs mostly in evergreen mountain forests at an altitude of 500 to 1200 m, but also at up to 1400 m in the Itatiaia National Park and is usually seen in flocks of three to twenty birds. It can also be found at sea level in Bahia and São Paulo . Seasonal migration or spread are suspected, although this could amount to little more than brief movements at the altitude level. Food was barely studied, but it includes large legumes seed, the fruit of Rapanea acuminata , a Myrsinengewächs belonging to the Clusiaceae belonging Clusia sp. and mistletoe . The breeding happens presumably from September to October.

features

The brown-backed parrot is one of the smallest parrots in the world with a body length of only 15-16 centimeters. The body is green on the head, neck and underside. The ear covers are brown. The bird has a large dark brown spot on its back and a red outer tail with dark tips. The cover feathers are dark brown in color, the feathers underneath are only slightly brownish. The feathers on the flanks are colored gray-blue. An orange ring is drawn around each of the dark brown eyes.

Distribution and existence

The brown-backed parrot is restricted to the southeast of Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo , Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo), but is a stray visitor in Rio de Janeiro, and from São Paulo to the south of the Ilha do Cardoso. Individuals have been spotted again in Bahia after a century of absence. They were never classified as common but were considered quite rare, even in the 19th century. Their inconspicuous nature and naturally low population density may have contributed to the lack of data. The recurrence of sightings since the mid-1980s and their discovery in Espírito Santo happened because their calls were known to observers. The species is classified as critically endangered (EN) according to the Red List of Threatened Species (ICUN3.1).

literature

  • Forshaw JM (2006): Parrots of the World. An identification guide , Princeton University Press, Princeton, Oxford, 172 p.
  • del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Sargatal J. (1997): Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 4, Sandgrouse to Cuckoos . BirdLife International, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, ​​679 p.
  • Mario D. & Conzo G. (2004): Le grand livre des perroquets , de Vecchi, Paris, 287 p.

Web links

Commons : Brown-backed Parrot  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ F. Olmos in suffered. (1999)
  2. ↑ a b ways and long (1995)
  3. ↑ a b c E. O. Willis and Y. Oniki in litt. (1999)
  4. ↑ Collar (1997a)
  5. ↑ J. Minns in litt. (1999)