Abstract
The brown-backed Parrot, Touit melanonotus (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) (Psittaciformes, Psittacidae), is one of the three endangered species of the Touit genus, which in turn comprises eight species. Considered as threatened with extinction in the "Vulnerable" category both in the list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and in the list published by the Ministry of the E…