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A. a. salvini at Cana Blanca Wildlife Sanctuary, Costa Rica A captive-bred red-lored parrot chick at the age of 6 weeks. The red-lored amazon or red-lored parrot (Amazona autumnalis) is a species of amazon parrot, native to tropical regions of the Americas, from eastern Mexico south to Ecuador where it occurs in humid evergreen to semi-deciduous forests up to 1,100 m altitude.
Dillwynia hispida , commonly known as red parrot-pea, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with more or less glabrous stems, linear to thread-like leaves and orange and red, partly crimson flowers.
The red-breasted parakeet is now placed in the genus Psittacula that was introduced in 1800 by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. [4] [5] The genus name is a diminutive of the Latin word psittacus for a "parrot". The specific epithet alexandri is from Alexander the Great whose soldiers introduced parakeets to Greece. [6]
The lilacine amazon is a small parrot, approximately 34 cm long when mature, with primarily green plumage. Like the red-lored amazon, it has red lores and yellow cheeks; its distinguishing features include a fully black beak, and lilac-tipped feathers on its crown. [41] [42] Western Ecuador to extreme south-western Colombia. [42] Diademed amazon
The yellow-faced parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops) was traditionally placed within this genus, but recent research has shown that it is more closely related to the short-tailed parrot and species in the genus Pionus, resulting in it being transferred to the monotypic genus Alipiopsitta. [9] [10]
IUCN Red List Status Range Picture Rusty-faced parrot: H. amazonina (des Murs, 1845) g VU: Andes mountains in Colombia and Venezuela Fuertes's parrot: H. fuertesi (Chapman, 1912) CR: Andes mountains in central Colombia Black-winged parrot: H. melanotis (de Lafresnaye, 1847) LC: Andes mountains in northern Bolivia and central Peru Red-faced parrot
A. lilacina at Chester Zoo. The lilacine amazon (Amazona autumnalis lilacina) or Ecuadorian red-lored amazon [2] is an amazon parrot native to Ecuador in South America.According to the IOC World Bird List, it is still considered to be a subspecies of the red-lored amazon, [3] although Birdlife International considers it to be a separate species, as Amazona lilacina [4] - as does the ...
The red-spectacled amazon is a declining species as it is highly threatened by the destruction of the Aruacaria moist forests and the illegal exotic pet trade. [7] An analysis of the extinct Amazona pretrei population records reveals that the species disappeared due to severe habitat loss, and in the past, the parrot's geographical range was at least 10% larger than the current range.