Parrotlet Spectacled basic information

The Spectacled Parrotlet is brilliant green in color and has a pink beak and pink legs. Their irises are grayish brown. The birds are characterized by their periopthalmic rings, or "spectacles" which are cobalt blue in males and emerald green in females! Male Spectacled Parrotlets have undercarriages, which are a dull green. Their faces and throats are bright yellow green in color, and their breasts have a slight grayish tint. Male Spectacled Parrotlets have cobalt blue rumps; lower backs; secondary flight feathers; carpal edges; primary, secondary and under-wing coverts; and deep violet axillaries. The violet coloration is also seen at the base of the innermost primary flight feathers, which finish in green. Female Spectacled Parrotlets have no blue coloration; rather, their rumps and lower backs are emerald green. Their undersides are also a bit brighter green than those of males. Spectacled Parrotlets grow to about four and three quarters inches in length.