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Question

Panama Birds My uncle served in Panama in 1941 and we have this picture showing birds resting on his hands. Would love to know what kind of birds they are and perhaps color so we can colorize the picture. Thanks.

Answer
-- It's very hard to tell from such a small photo, but it looks like he's got a couple of blue winged parrotlets which are native to Panama - more so at that time than these days as their numbers are dwindling.

You can see more specifics and pictures here:

http://www.avianweb.com/parrotletphotogallery.html