Brown-backed Parrotlet

Brown back parrot

The Brown back parrot ( melanonotus Touit, Syn Psittacus melanonotus ) belongs to the family of parrots authentics to the genus of the colored tail parrots. There are no known subspecies.

Habitat

In evergreen mountain forests between 500 and 1200 m The Brown back parrot usually occurs height, but also in up to 1400 m altitude in the National Park Itatiaia and is usually seen in flocks of three to twenty birds. He can also be found in the sea level in Bahia and São Paulo. Seasonal migration or dissemination is suspected, although this could amount to little more than short movements in the level stage. The fodder is hardly studied, but it has large pulses seeds of fruit Rapanea acuminata, a Myrsinengewächs that the Clusiaceae belonging clusia sp. and mistletoe. The breeding is done probably from September to October.

Features

The Brown Parrot is back with only 15-16 cm body length of the smallest parrots in the world. The body is green on the head, neck and bottom. The ear covers are brown. The bird has a large dark brown spot on the back and a red outer tail with dark tips. The coverts are dark brown in color, the underlying feathers are spotted little brownish. The springs on the flanks are gray blue. To the dark brown eyes pulling each an orange ring.

Distribution and population

The Brown back parrot is confined to the south-east Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo), but is a Irrgast in Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo to the south of the Ilha do Cardoso. Individuals were sighted in Bahia again after a century of absence. They were never classified as common, but were considered to be quite rare, even in the 19th century. Your unassuming disposition and their naturally low population density may have contributed to the lack of data. The reappearance of sightings occurred since the mid- 1980s, and their discovery in Espírito Santo, because their calls were known to the observers. The species is classified according to the Red List of Threatened Species ( ICUN3.1 ) as endangered ( EN ).