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title: "Mexicaanse muspapegaai"
description: "Forpus cyanopygius — Vogels. The Mexican parrotlet (Forpus cyanopygius), also known as the turquoise-rumped parrotlet or the Mexican blue-rumped parrotlet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mexican-parrotlet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mexicaanse muspapegaai

> Forpus cyanopygius — Vogels. The Mexican parrotlet (Forpus cyanopygius), also known as the turquoise-rumped parrotlet or the Mexican blue-rumped parrotlet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.

- Scientific name: *Forpus cyanopygius*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `zoo` (Dierentuin en huisdieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 1005
- Wikidata: [Q1084869](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1084869)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19067](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19067)

## Names

- en: Mexican Parrotlet
- de: Blaubürzel-Sperlingspapagei
- es: Periquito Catarino
- fr: Toui du Mexique
- nl: Mexicaanse muspapegaai
- pl: Wróbliczka turkusowa

## Countries with the most observations

MX (916)

## Summary

The Mexican parrotlet (Forpus cyanopygius), also known as the turquoise-rumped parrotlet or the Mexican blue-rumped parrotlet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.
There are two subspecies: Grayson's parrotlet or the Tres Marias parrotlet (F. c. insularis) and F. c. cyanopygius.

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

## Photo

![Mexicaanse muspapegaai](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-parrotlet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Allan Harris · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193330418

## Machine access

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