Touit
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| Touit | |
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| Brown-backed Parrotlet, Touit melanonotus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Subfamily: | Arinae |
| Genus: | Touit G.R. Gray, 1855 |
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Touit is a genus of Neotropical parrots in the Psittacidae family. It contains the following species:
- Lilac-tailed Parrotlet, Touit batavicus
- Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet, Touit huetii
- Red-fronted Parrotlet, Touit costaricensis - sometimes included in T. dilectissimus
- Blue-fronted Parrotlet or Red-winged Parrotlet, Touit dilectissimus
- Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet, Touit purpuratus
- Brown-backed Parrotlet, Touit melanonotus
- Golden-tailed Parrotlet, Touit surdus
- Spot-winged Parrotlet, Touit stictopterus
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