David Tipling / Spectacled parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) Darien National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Panama.

Thomas Marent / Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) male, Guacharo Cave National Park, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) female, Guajira Peninsula, Colombia

Robin Chittenden / Green-rumped parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) two sitting together, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Lynn M Stone / Pacific Parrotlets (Forpus coelestis) captive, native to West Ecuador and North West Peru.

Robin Chittenden / Green-rumped Parrotlets (Forpus passerinus viridissimus) on post, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Claudio Contreras / Mexican Parrotlet (Forpus cyanopygius) portrait. Maria Magdalena Island, Islas Marias Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, June.

Claudio Contreras / Mexican Parrotlet (Forpus cyanopygius) feeding. Maria Madre Island, Islas Marias Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, October.

Roland Seitre / Pacific Parrotlets (Forpus coelestis). Chaparri reserve, Chiclayo, Lambayeque, Peru, July.

Roland Seitre / Boy with pet Blue winged parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius crassirostris) in cage, Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia, January 2008

Murray Cooper / Pacific Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis) female peeking out of nest, Peru

Murray Cooper / Blue-winged Parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius), Amazon, Ecuador