Touit
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Touit is a genus of Neotropical parrots in the family Psittacidae.
The genus was introduced by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855 with the scarlet-shouldered parrotlet (Touit huetii) as the type species.[1] The genus name is derived from the extinct Tupi language that was spoken by native people in Brazil: Tuí eté means "really little parrot".[2] In 1648 the German naturalist Georg Marcgrave used Tuiete for a small parrot in his Historia Naturalis Brasiliae.[3]
The genus contains the following eight species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Touit batavicus | Lilac-tailed parrotlet | Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela | |
| File:Touit huetii -Napo Wildlife Centre, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador -clay lick-6.jpg | Touit huetii | Scarlet-shouldered parrotlet | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela |
| Touit costaricensis | Red-fronted parrotlet | Central America in Costa Rica and Panama | |
| Touit dilectissimus | Blue-fronted parrotlet or red-winged parrotlet | coastal Andes to Peru | |
| File:Touit purpuratus - Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet; Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.jpg | Touit purpuratus | Sapphire-rumped parrotlet | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
| File:Touit melanonota -Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil-8.jpg | Touit melanonotus | Brown-backed parrotlet | south-eastern Brazil from Bahia to southern São Paulo |
| Touit surdus | Golden-tailed parrotlet | eastern Brazil. | |
| Touit stictopterus | Spot-winged parrotlet | Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru |
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