Festive amazon
| Festive amazon | |
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| A. f. bodini | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Amazona |
| Species: | A. festiva |
| Binomial name | |
| Amazona festiva (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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The festive amazon (Amazona festiva), also known as the festive parrot, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. It is associated with forest (especially Várzea) and woodland growing near major rivers. Locally it is also found in coastal mangroves (primarily in Amapá). There are two subspecies; A. f. festiva and A. f. bodini.
Description
The subspecies bodini has more red to the forecrown and more blue to the face than the nominate. In flight, both subspecies show deep blue outer wings (outer webs of the primaries and the primary coverts) and a red rump, but the latter is reduced in juveniles.
Taxonomy
There are two subspecies:[2]
- Amazona festiva (Linnaeus) 1758
- Amazona festiva bodini (Finsch) 1873 - common name Bodinus' amazon
- Amazona festiva festiva (Linnaeus) 1758 - common name Festive amazon
The nominate subspecies is found near rivers in the Amazon Basin, while the subspecies bodini, is found near the Orinoco River.and the festive amazon is proposed to split in two species, a southern species named A. festiva and a northern species named A. bodini.
Status
Although it has declined locally, it remains fairly common throughout a large part of its range and can even be seen near cities such as Manaus and Iquitos. Consequently, it was considered to be of least concern by BirdLife International and IUCN, though it was uplisted to vulnerable in 2012, due to models of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest and its suspectibility to hunting, which predicts that the population will decline rapidly over the next three generations.
Gallery
A. f. festiva in the Amazon Jungle
At Loro Park.
A. f. bodini adults have a red back.
A. f. bodini in an aviary
References
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- ↑ BirdLife International (2014). "Amazona festiva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ "Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.018)". www.zoonomen.net. 11 February 2009.