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Category:Amazona - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Amazona

Description

A widespread group of short-tailed medium to large parrots found from Mexico through the Caribbean, Central and South America. They fly with mostly still wings, mostly having movement in the primaries (hand).

Taxonomy

Amazona is a genus in the Family Psittacidae. It is likely that Yellow-faced Parrot in the future will be moved to genus Alipiopsitta.


Genus Amazona viewedit
A. festiva Festive Amazon
A. vinacea Vinaceous-breasted Amazon
A. tucumana Tucuman Amazon
A. pretrei Red-spectacled Amazon
A. viridigenalis Red-crowned Amazon
A. finschi Lilac-crowned Amazon
A. autumnalis Red-lored Amazon
A. dufresniana Blue-cheeked Amazon
A. rhodocorytha Red-browed Amazon
A. arausiaca Red-necked Amazon
Skull t.png A. martinicana
Martinique Amazon Skull t.png
A. versicolor St. Lucia Amazon
A. auropalliata Yellow-naped Amazon
A. oratrix Yellow-headed Amazon
A. ochrocephala Yellow-crowned Amazon
A. barbadensis Yellow-shouldered Amazon
A. aestiva Turquoise-fronted Amazon
A. agilis Black-billed Amazon
A. albifrons White-fronted Amazon
A. xantholora Yellow-lored Amazon
A. collaria Yellow-billed Amazon
A. leucocephala Cuban Amazon
A. ventralis Hispaniolan Amazon
A. vittata Puerto Rican Amazon
A. farinosa Mealy Amazon
A. kawalli Kawall's Amazon
A. imperialis Imperial Amazon
Skull t.png A. violacea
Guadeloupe Amazon Skull t.png
A. brasiliensis Red-tailed Amazon
A. guildingii St. Vincent Amazon
A. amazonica Orange-winged Amazon
A. mercenarius Scaly-naped Amazon

References

SACC proposal to recognize Alipiopsitta as the home for Yellow-faced Parrot

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