Tres Marías amazon
| Tres Marías amazon | |
|---|---|
 Amazona oratrix -Cougar Mountain Zoological Park -hand-8a | |
| Tres Marías amazon at Cougar Mountain Zoological Park | |
| Conservation status | |
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Subfamily: | Arinae |
| Tribe: | Androglossini |
| Genus: | Amazona |
| Species: | A. tresmariae |
| Binomial name | |
| Amazona tresmariae Nelson, 1900 | |
The Tres Marías amazon (Amazona tresmariae) is a parrot in the Psittacidae family. Many authorities consider it a subspecies of the yellow-headed amazon (Amazona oratrix) but is afforded full species status by the International Ornithological Congress[1] It is endemic to the Islas Marías off the Pacific coast of Mexico.