![]() Naturally, we wanted to hear more about parrotlets, so Nick graciously shared the beautiful photo-essay below. Nick wrote a guest post on Forpus passerinus and the Ornithologists of Masaguaral which was full of passion, humor, and insight into his work while on location in Venezuela. The population of parrotlets they studied was located on one of the many huge hatos (cattle ranches) in the Venezuelan llanos, a vast swath of flat flooded savannah in the central third of the country that drains into the Rio Orinoco. Thank you.Nick Sly, a friend of 10,000 Birds who writes intermittently at the thoroughly-recommended Biological Ramblings, is an ornithologist who graduated not so long ago from Cornell only to be cast out into the real world where he keeps a wry eye on all things biological! Back in October 2008, in his first field job out of school, he helped a Cornell PhD student, Karl, with his dissertation on vocal communication in Green-rumped Parrotlets Forpus passerinus. Please contact them directly with respect to any copyright or licensing questions. Please Note: The articles or images on this page are the sole property of the authors or photographers. Genus: Scientific: Forpus … English: Parrotlets … Dutch: Muspapegaaien … German: Sperlingspapageien … French: Perruche moineau … Species: Scientific: Forpus passerinus viridissimus … English: Venezuelan Green Parrotlet … Dutch: Venezuela Groene Muspapegaai … German: Venezuela Grünbürzel Sperlingspapagei … French: Perruche moineau de Barbados … CITES II – Endangered Species Please visit the following website to learn more about parrot behavior and training. Web Resources: I put together web resources for you to help you understand your pet bird and properly direct him.Spraying them with a mister bottle helps in curtailing any negative behavior however, continuous guidance is important. Even a young bird that has not been neglected and abused requires proper guidance this becomes even more challenging when it involves a rescued bird that may require rehabilitation. Parrotlets can be nippy, as they do discover their beaks as method of “disciplining us” once they are out of the “baby stage” and they can generally be somewhat naughty, and it really is important to learn to understand them and to guide their behavior before an undesirable behavior has been established. They are not very noisy, about the same noise level of a cockatiel. They can get nippy, and require training. They are able to learn to talk and share the “big parrot” attitude of the lovebirds. passerinus, but may have less colorful foreheads. Both axillaries (feathers under the wing – the “armpit” or “wingpit” of a bird) and under wing-coverts are bluish green, with violet blue evident on the lesser under wing coverts. The plumage also tends to be bluer, although the area of blue under the wings is smaller and does not reach the carpal edge (= leading edge of the wing at the “shoulder”), as in the nominate race. Males are generally darker in coloration, especially over the wings. They have also been introduced to Trinidad, as well as to Barbados, Jamaica, and Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles. ![]() The Venezuelan Green Parrotlet is found across the north of Venezuela from northern Bolivar and the Delta Amacuro, being found to the south of the Orinoco River, extending eastwards to the vicinity of the Zulia River valley in Norte de Santander, in the north of Colombia. The Venezuelan Green Parrotlets (Forpus passerinus viridissimus) is known both as the Caracas Parrotlet and as the Venezuelan Green-rumped Parrotlet Parrotlet Information … Parrotlet Species … Parrotlet Photo Gallery ( | | | )
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