Scale of Points 100

Conformation 30
Condition 20
Deportment 15
Color    10
Body    10
Head    5
Wings    5
Feet    5

General Description:

1. Full round head. Wide forehead. Beak should be proper length with no overgrowth or crookedness. Eyes should be clear and bright centered on each side of the head. Pupil may or may not be seen. Eye may be dark or light.
2. Neck should be proper length not snaky or excessively long.
3. Shoulders should be close to the body.
4. Breast should be full and rounded but not excessively fat. (No split down the middle.) There should be no dips or lumps.
5. Back line should be straight from head to tail without a hollow look.
6. Wings should be held tight against the body, flights should not droop. Wings should not cross. Wing tips should meet in the middle of the back and form a point.
7. Tail in a straight line with the body and come to a point. All 12 feathers intact and form a point at the end.
8. Legs and feet should be straight with no crooked toes. Must be able to perch properly. All toes and nails should be present. Nails may dark, light or both. Nails should not be overgrown.
9. All feathers present and held tight against body. It is common for parrotlets to puff out and raise their feathers. This should not be considered a fault.

Pacific Parrotlets - Medium-size bright olive green parrotlets 4.5" in length 28-32 grams. Both sexes have pink beaks and legs. Both males and females have streaks behind the eye.

Nominates - Females are olive green with light green faces, eye streaks and under parts. Males have cobalt blue backs, rumps, flights and eye streaks.

Lucidas - Both males and females have bright lime green faces. Females have light blue, turquoise or teal rumps, eye streaks and sometimes wings. Males have silver or gray wings and eye streaks are thick and encircle the back of head.

Mutations - Color mutation parrotlets have the same requirements of size and conformation as normal parrotlets. Many color mutations have soft feather tone and should not be faulted. As more colors are developed it is anticipated this standard will be amended to include new mutations.

Albino - Pure white parrotlet with red eyes. Males are indistinguishable from females.

Blue - Color can be light powder blue to turquoise. Dark eyed mutation. Males retain dark cobalt markings. Lucida males have silver or gray wings and chests. Lucida females have deep blue on the rumps and backs.

Dilute Formerly "American yellow" - Yellowish green parrotlet with black eyes. Males retain blue eye streak, flights, back and wings. Color is lighter than normal Pacifics. Lucida hens retain blue rumps and backs.

Fallow - Light yellow with beige and green. Red eyes. Males retain blue markings that are lighter and more violet than nominate. Lucida hens retain blue rumps and backs.

Lutino - Bright yellow parrotlet with red eyes. Males have white instead of blue markings.

Green Rump Parrotlets - Small bright apple green parrotlets 3.5" in length, 18-28 grams. Pink beaks and legs.

Nominates - Females have yellow above the cere between the eyes. Males have even amounts of cobalt on the primaries and turquoise on the secondaries. Back and rump are emerald green.

Deliciosus - Smallest parrotlet. 3" in length, 18 grams. Females have very small band of yellow above the cere. Males have a light turquoise wash across the rump and more turquoise than cobalt on the wings.

Viridissimus - Largest Green Rump parrotlet. 4" in length, 28 grams. Darker green than nominate. Females have large amounts of yellow on the face including forehead and sometimes cheeks. Males have more cobalt than turquoise on the wings.

Cyanophanes - Males have more dark blue feathers on the upper wing than the nominate. This forms a patch of color that can be seen when the wing is folded. The female is indistinguishable from the nominate.

Cyanochlorus - Males are very similar to the nominate, however, the females are a much lighter shade of yellow-green.

Spectacle Parrotlets - Small parrotlet. 3.75" in length, 25-27 grams. Legs and feet are pink. Males have blue and females have emerald rings around the eyes.

Nominates - Males are deep forest green with violet blue rumps, backs, wings and eye rings. Females are lighter than males but dark green with lighter faces and under parts. Eye ring is emerald green.

Metae - Males have bright green heads with yellow-green faces and throats. The eye ring is a thin partial line of blue feathers. Females are lighter green than the nominate.

Caucae - Identified by its large, heavy beak. Blue plumage of the males is lighter and less violet than the nominate.

Blue Wing Parrotlets - Medium parrotlet 4.5" 30-35 grams. Bright emerald green. Larger eyes than other parrotlets. Legs and beak are gray.

Nominates - Males have dark violet blue rumps, backs and wings. Females have more yellow-green around their face.

Flavissimus - Paler green with more yellow under parts, both males and females possess bright yellow faces and cheeks which are very prominent. Blue on males is also lighter and more turquoise than violet.

Flavescens - Plumage is which is lighter and more yellow than the nominate. The blue on the males is also lighter. Both males and females have more yellow on the face, forehead and throats.

Crassirostris - Males have gray violet primary coverts and secondaries are dark violet blue. Females are smaller than the nominate and are darker green. The upper beak is compressed laterally in the middle, which is prominent in both sexes.

Olallae - Dark green birds with the males’ rumps and wings darker blue than in the nominate.

Spengeli - Males can be distinguished from the nominate by the dark turquoise blue rumps. The primary coverts are violet blue with the secondaries being dark turquoise. Females have more yellow on the forehead.

Mexican Parrotlets - Stocky, barrel-shaped bright green parrotlets. 4.5" in length 35-40 grams. Gray beaks and legs.

Nominates - Males have turquoise backs, rumps and wings. Females are bright almost chartreuse green and beaks do not turn gray unless in breeding condition.

Pallidus - Both males and females the plumage is lighter green with a gray tinge and the under parts are more yellow than the nominate.

Insularis - Dark green head, back and wings as well as blue-green under parts. The face is yellow-green and the males’ rumps and wings are darker turquoise than in the nominate.

Yellow Face Parrotlets - Largest parrotlet. 50 grams and 5.5" in length. Black stripe runs down the front of the upper mandible. Legs and feet are pink. Males have deep violet blue wings similar to male Pacifics. Also have blue eye streaks. Females also have blue rumps, backs, wings and eye streaks but are lighter than males. Both males and females have bright yellow faces, cheeks, chins, foreheads and under parts.

Sclater's Parrotlets - Large parrotlet 5" and 40 grams. Darkest parrotlet. Upper mandible is gray and lower pink. Feet and legs are gray brown.

Nominate - Males' lower back and rump are deep violet blue that are darker than in any other species. Wings are also blue violet. Females have no blue markings with their general plumage being paler than the male. The forehead, forehead and cheeks are yellowish green.

Eidos - Males are lighter green and have lighter blue than in the nominate. The females are also lighter green with more yellow, especially on the breast.

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Last modified: February 23, 2006