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Manu Parrotlet
Nannopsittaca dachilleae O'Neill, Munn & Franke, 1991
Psittacidae — African & New World Parrots
Manu Parrotlet, Nannopsittaca dachilleae, is a parrot of south-west Amazonia in South America, breeding in the western Amazon basin from southern Peru to north-west Bolivia. It lives in lowland forest close to bamboo stands and rivers, and is especially associated with riparian forest, including areas dominated by Calocophyllum spruceanum and Cecropia membranacea. It was described in 1991 by O'Neill, Munn and Franke. The bird is linked to patchy forest cover across Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, with most of its range in Peru.
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae — African & New World Parrots
- Breeding range
- South America: sw Amazonia
