Original account 30 · seb_species_0030

Golden-tailed Parrotlet

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Psittacidae,Nestorinae\x00in part)

From the original CD

Complete decoded account text

16 cm . Green, brighter underneath. Forehead and face yellow. Scapulars olive brown. Rump blue. Flight feathers dark brown. Lateral tail feathers greenish yellow with black tips. Call a grating high pitched "cra cra cra cra cra" . Forages in the canopy of trees in groups. Rare and irregular in lowland primary and secondary rainforest and edge. Sandplain forest on the Ilha do Cardoso. In Estado Rio de Janeiro recorded from <8E>Rio de Janeiro<8E>city 1848 , Nova Friburgo before 1891 , Cabo Frio 1970 , Mage 1984 , Desengano State Park 1987, 1988 , Itatiaia 1988 , Teresopolis 1954 . In Estado Sao Paulo recorded from<8E>Boraceia 1935, 1987 , Ilha do Cardoso 1991 ^122 . Up to 900 meters in the foothills of the littoral. An endangered species due to deforestation ^122 . 11755 V. Emmanuel, Theodore Parker, Jr. LNS 32230.: 8543 >:

Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved

Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic

Structured account sections

Description

16 cm . Green, brighter underneath. Forehead and face yellow. Scapulars olive brown. Rump blue. Flight feathers dark brown. Lateral tail feathers greenish yellow with black tips.

Voice

Call a grating high pitched "cra cra cra cra cra" .

Behavior

Forages in the canopy of trees in groups.

Habitat and status

Rare and irregular in lowland primary and secondary rainforest and edge. Sandplain forest on the Ilha do Cardoso.

Distribution

In Estado Rio de Janeiro recorded from <8E>Rio de Janeiro<8E>city 1848 , Nova Friburgo before 1891 , Cabo Frio 1970 , Mage 1984 , Desengano State Park 1987, 1988 , Itatiaia 1988 , Teresopolis 1954 . In Estado Sao Paulo recorded from<8E>Boraceia 1935, 1987 , Ilha do Cardoso 1991 ^122 . Up to 900 meters in the foothills of the littoral.

Additional notes

An endangered species due to deforestation ^122 .

Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative

Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical

Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

  • Disc 3 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 2 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

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Golden-tailed Parrotlet

Psittacidae,Nestorinae\x00in part)

New World Parrots

CLEMENTS

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Golden-tailed Parrotlet

Psittacidae,Nestorinae(in part)

New World Parrots

AOU_HM

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Golden-tailed Parrotlet

Psittacidae,Nestorinae(in part)

New World Parrots

Recordings

11755.mp3

11755 V. Emmanuel, Theodore Parker, Jr. LNS 32230.

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 1.

Classification: high; match: exact_unique.

Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/WAV/11755.mp3

Images

Historical image associated with Golden-tailed Parrotlet
8543.jpg
8543 >
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 2.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/8543.jpg

Source details

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Item reference
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