Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Psittaciformes > Psittacidae > Touit > Touit costaricensisTouit costaricensis (Red-fronted Parrotlet)The red-fronted parrotlet (Touit costaricensis) is a parrot in Central America in Costa Rica and Panama. It is 15 cm, green with a short tail, red forehead, lores, and under eye, red shoulders and leading edge of underwing, and the remaining underwing coverts yellow. Edges of tail also yellowish. Usually found in wet cool forest from 500-1000m in wet season, up to 3000m in early dry season and occasionally seen down to sea level. Small flocks, mostly family groups under 6 birds. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.56701 EDGE Score: 3.26835 |
Breeding Habitat [1] | Tropical cloud forests | Wintering Geography [1] | Non-migrartory | Wintering Habitat [1] | Tropical cloud forests | | Diet [2] | Frugivore | Diet - Fruit [2] | 100 % | Forages - Canopy [2] | 40 % | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 60 % | | Clutch Size [3] | 2 |
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Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Talamancan montane forests |
Costa Rica, Panama |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Arenal-Monteverde |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Central Volcanic Cordillera |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Fortuna Forest Reserve |
Panama |
A1, A2, A3 |
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General de División Omar Torrijos Herrera National Park |
Panama |
A1, A2 |
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La Amistad Caribe |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A3 |
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La Amistad International Park |
Panama |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Los Santos, La Amistad Pacífico |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Palo Seco Protection Forest |
Panama |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Santa Clara |
Panama |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Talamanca Highlands |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Volcán Barú National Park |
Panama |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Mesoamerica |
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama |
Yes |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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