Brown-backed Parrotlet

Brown-backed ParrotletThis small parrot occurs in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. A study at Ubatuba, São Paulo, in January–February 2011 recorded birds eating unripe Clusia criuva fruit. These feeding notes come from one study area.What does it look like?Adults observed at Ubatuba had a peach-colored eye-ring and a dark gray cere. Birds thought to be young had a paler eye-ring and flesh-colored cere.How does it live?This small parrot occurs in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. A study at Ubatuba, São Paulo, in January–February 2011 recorded birds eating unripe Clusia criuva fruit. These feeding notes come from one study area.At the Ubatuba study area, the birds fed in fruiting Clusia criuva trees. They ate unripe fruit; some plucked a fruit and carried it to another perch to eat.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.