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Richard Klim · Dec 13, 2013

BBC News, 13 Dec 2013: Discovery offers Ecuador Amazon parrot 11th hour hope.

Amazona (autumnalis) lilacina - Ecuador Amazon

Collar 1997 (HBW 4).

njlarsen · Dec 14, 2013

Thanks Richard. Given that a BBC news item might not be that permanent, I will summarize that the text states that Birdlife has accepted this split and that part of the info is that

It requires mangroves to roost at night and dry forest, which it flies to every day to feed,

Niels

Richard Klim · Dec 15, 2013

njlarsen said:
Given that a BBC news item might not be that permanent...

It's certainly unusual for the announcement of a rather obscure avian split to be a BBC News exclusive! Or has something been published elsewhere...?

[Also known as Lilacine or Lesson's Amazon according to Juniper & Parr 1998 (Parrots) – although Lesson also described Yellow-naped Amazon.]

mb1848 · Dec 16, 2013

A little more:
http://www.chesterzoo.org/conservation-and-research/latest-field-news/ecuador-amazon-parrot .
OD:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bp...(text:echo AND text:du AND text:monde).langFR .
This article was published in the 1913 book by Menegaux but it is nice to see the original.
I know this is the wrong section but since lilacina was published with a capital letter in Echo du monde savant who is this named after?

James Jobling · Dec 16, 2013

The Lilacine Amazon Amazona lilacina is named for the lilac-coloured occiput (the original description refers to, "sincipite lilacino" and "Le perroquet a occiput couleur de lilas")

Richard Klim · May 23, 2014

BBC News, 23 May 2014: Study offers snapshot of rare Ecuador Amazon parrot.

PS. BirdLife split confirmed, 3 Apr 2014: Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis) is being split: list A. lilacina and A. diadema as Endangered and A. autumnalis as Least Concern?

Richard Klim · May 24, 2014

PhD thesis

Richard Klim said:
It's certainly unusual for the announcement of a rather obscure avian split to be a BBC News exclusive! Or has something been published elsewhere...?

Comment from Becca Biddle, 9 Apr 2014...

Mark Pilgrim's Ph.D Theseis (An investigation into the taxonomic status of Amazona autumnalis lilacina using a multidisciplinary approach, 2010) fully supports the separation of A.a.lilacina from the other three sub-species based on morphology (significant differences shown in foot and beak morphology, and facial plumage patterns) and direct sequence data for the mitochondrial genes CytB and ND2. Although the sample size was much smaller for A.a.diadema, as this was not the focus of the investigation, the limited data did not support the separation of A.a.diadema from the other sub species. ...

Pilgrim, Mark Antony. An investigation into the taxonomic status of Amazona autumnalis lilacina using a multidisciplinary approach. Diss. Liverpool John Moores University, 2010.

Mysticete · May 24, 2014

Thats...really weird for a news story to be done on a dissertation, and not a journal article resulting from it.

Richard Klim · May 24, 2014

Mysticete said:
Thats...really weird for a news story to be done on a dissertation, and not a journal article resulting from it.

Google suggests that Chester Zoo has useful connections at the BBC...

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