Red-necked Amazon
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| Red-necked Amazon | |
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| At the Parrot Conservation and Research Centre Botanical Gardens, Roseau, Dominica | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Subfamily: | Arinae |
| Tribe: | Androglossini |
| Genus: | Amazona |
| Species: | A. arausiaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Amazona arausiaca (Muller, 1776) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amazona bouqueti | |
The Red-necked Amazon (Amazona arausiaca), also known as the Red-necked Parrot, Dominican Blue-faced Amazon, Lessor Dominican Amazon, and Jaco Parrot, is an Amazon parrot endemic to Dominica.
It is green, with bright splashes of various colours. Its name is due to the area of red plumage commonly found at its throat.
The hypothetical Martinique Amazon ("A. martinicana"), known only from old descriptions, was said to look quite similar and may have been a related or even the same species. It was said to occur one major island to the south of Dominica.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Amazona arausiaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
Media related to Amazona arausiaca at Wikimedia Commons- BirdLife Species Factsheet.
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