Mexican Parrotlets
by Judi Dressler
Title
Mexican Parrotlets
Artist
Judi Dressler
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Photograph - Photography
Description
Mexican Parrotlets high in a tree. These tiny birds are highly social and gregarious birds, most often found in flocks of 4-30 individuals made up of pairs and family groups. When flying in these flocks, they fly quickly and in relatively tight formations, flashing green and turquoise. They create a variety of squeaky, excited-sounding chirps while perched or in flight. Rarely seen far from fruiting fig trees, in which birds can be very difficult to see, because they are the size and color of fig leaves.
These beautiful little birds are near threatened, meaning that they are in danger of extinction. The population is estimated to be 50,000 or greater, but it is decreasing due to a combination of the illegal hunting and trapping of wild individuals and habitat loss. They are endemic to western Mexico. No other very small parrots its size are in its range.
Photo taken on March 30, 2023, near the coast in Nayarit, Mexico
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Descriptive tags and keywords for this bird are parrotlets, mexican parrotlets, parrots, birds, small, tiny, green, cute, forpus cyanopygius, psittaciformes, mexico, nayarit, wild, wildlife, dressler, and judi dressler.
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November 28th, 2023
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