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Life
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20 Years+
Length: 4-1/2
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Weight: 35 grams |
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Our
Parrotlets
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the Parrotlets we have for sale.
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Green
Pacific Parrotlets
Species - Forpus coelestis
Personality
of Green Parrotlet
Pacifics
are the most popular of the pet Parrotlets and
for good reason. They are the most parrot-like in personality. They are
also some of the most beautiful. Hand-fed babies make wonderful pets
when placed in a home right after weaning and quickly become beloved
members
of the household. Green
Pacific Parrotlets have a sweet personality both as a pet and with other
Parrotlets. They
tend to be very playful and outging.
History
The
Green Pacific Parrotlets are not a mutation, they are the natural color. They originate in Northwest
Peru and Western Ecuador.
Distinguishing
Green Parrotlet Males from Females
The male
Parrotlet has Green; forehead, crown, cheeks, ear covers and
throat pale green. The back of his head and nape are bluish gray.
He has
blue eye streak that does not meet on the back of his head. His back
and lesser wing-coverts have a grayish tinge. Under his wing-coverts
and rump, he has deep cobalt blue. Primary and secondary coverts
as well as upper greater wing-coverts violet blue. Underside of his
flight feathers are bluish green. His bill is a pale horn color;
his iris dark are brown or gray and his feet are flesh colored. The
female has green without any blue markings.
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Male
Green
Pacific Parrotlet
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Green
Pacific Parrotlet
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