Touit
| 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 |
| Species | |
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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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