---
title: "Spix' muspapegaai"
description: "Forpus xanthopterygius — Vogels. The cobalt-rumped parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius) or blue-winged parrotlet is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/cobalt-rumped-parrotlet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spix' muspapegaai

> Forpus xanthopterygius — Vogels. The cobalt-rumped parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius) or blue-winged parrotlet is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.

- Scientific name: *Forpus xanthopterygius*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2269
- Wikidata: [Q882842](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q882842)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19069](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19069)

## Names

- en: Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet
- de: Blauflügel-Sperlingspapagei
- es: Perico alas azules
- fr: Toui de Spix
- nl: Spix' muspapegaai
- pl: Wróbliczka niebieskoskrzydła

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1857), BO (190), AR (66), PY (23)

## Summary

The cobalt-rumped parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius) or blue-winged parrotlet is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. 
There are two subspecies: Salvadori's cobalt-rumped parrotlet (F. x. flavescens) and Hellmayr's cobalt-rumped parrotlet (F. x. flavissimus).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt-rumped_parrotlet

## Photo

![Spix' muspapegaai](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cobalt-rumped-parrotlet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Gabriel Cardoso Fialho · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/338218471

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cobalt-rumped-parrotlet?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).