Green-rumped Parrotlet
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This Green-rumped Parrotlet carving was hand-crafted from solid Basswood. The Green-rumped Parrotlet is a small parrot, resident in tropical South America, from the Caribbean regions of Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south and east to the Guianas and Brazil, on the downstream Amazon River. Preferring the open forest and scrub, it nests in a hole in a termite nest, tree cavity, or even hollow pipe. The Green-rumped Parrotlet is mainly bright-green with a short tail and pinkish bill. The male has a brilliant-blue wing patch, and females sometimes have some yellow on the head. The subspecies found in Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago is darker green and the males have more strongly blue-tinged wings. Green-rumped Parrotlets make light, twittering calls. They eat seeds including those of grasses. They are very gregarious and roost communally. Large numbers of these birds can often be seen at the roost sites at dawn and dusk.
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