Alipiopsitta xanthops (Yellow-faced Parrot)

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Yellow-faced Parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Genus: Salvatoria
Ribeiro, 1920
Species: S. xanthops
Binomial name
Salvatoria xanthops
Spix, 1824
Synonyms

Amazona xanthops

The Yellow-faced Parrot (Salvatoria xanthops) is the only species of the genus Salvatoria and is found in Brazil and occasionally in Bolivia. Previously, it was placed within the genus Amazona and was sometimes called the Yellow-faced Amazon. Recent research showed that this species is much closer related to the Short-tailed Parrot (Graydidascalus brachyurus) and to the members of the genus Pionus. [1][2]

This semi-nomadic parrot is found in eastern Brazil at the cerrado in low numbers and is declining or has already disappeared in large areas of its former range.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Duarte JMB and Caparroz R (1995) Cytotaxonomic analysis of Brazilian species of the genus Amazona (Psittacidae, Aves) and confirmation of the genus Salvatoria (Ribeiro, 1920). Braz J Genet 18:623-628.
  2. ↑ Russello, M.A. & Amato, G (2004) A molecular phylogeny of Amazona: implications for Neotropical parrot biogeography, taxonomy, and conservation. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 30: 421-437.
  3. ↑ BirdLife Species Factsheet:Yellow-faced Amazon
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