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Pacific Parrotlet
Forpus coelestis
(L 4.5"-5.5" Wt 1.1 oz or more)
Native to Ecuador and northwest
Peru...is bred in the U.S. for pet
stores...is sparrow-sized
Town of Catamayo
16Feb2013
South of Guayaquil
12Feb2013
female
Forpus is derived from Greek to
mean love bird; coelestis is
Latin for celestial.
© Mark
Robbins
Macaulay
Library
© Wikipedia
male