Biology:Tres Marías amazon
| Tres Marías amazon | |
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| Tres Marías amazon at Cougar Mountain Zoological Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Amazona |
| Species: | A. tresmariae
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| Amazona tresmariae Nelson, 1900
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The Tres Marías amazon (Amazona tresmariae) is an Amazon parrot in the family Psittacidae. Many authorities consider it a subspecies of the yellow-headed amazon (Amazona oratrix), including the AOU, 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.
Description
It has an all-yellow head, reaching to the foreneck and upper breast, and a yellow-tipped tail. It has white eyerings and orange-brown eyes. It has small red patches on its shoulders. Upperparts are paler green than Amazona oratrix and the underparts are blue-washed.[2]
In aviculture, a variety of yellow-headed amazon known as "magna" exists, which has been selectively-bred to maximize the yellow coloration of the head. Magna birds closely resemble Tres Marías amazons.[3]
References
- ↑ "Parrots". International Ornithological Congress. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/BOW/parrots/.
- ↑ https://www.parrots.org/encyclopedia/yellow-headed-amazon
- ↑ http://www.feathert.com/now.html
Wikidata ☰ Q2841436 entry
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