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Amazona Farinosa
The mealy amazon has been split into the following species: * Southern mealy amazon, ''Amazona farinosa'' * Northern mealy amazon, ''Amazona guatemalae'' Birds by common name {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Mealy Amazon
The southern mealy amazon or southern mealy parrot (''Amazona farinosa'') is among the largest parrots in the genus ''Amazona'', the amazon parrots. It is a mainly green parrot with a total length of . It is native to tropical Central and South America. This species and the northern mealy amazon (''Amazona guatemalae'') were previously considered conspecific. Some taxonomic authorities (including the American Ornithological Society), continue to lump them together. Taxonomy The southern mealy amazon was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his ''Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux'' from a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the ''Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle'' which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Mealy Amazon
The northern mealy amazon or northern mealy parrot (''Amazona guatemalae'') is among the largest parrots in the genus ''Amazona'', the amazon parrots. It is a mainly green parrot with a total length of . It is endemic to tropical Central America. This species and the southern mealy amazon (''Amazona farinosa'') were previously considered conspecific. Some taxonomic authorities (including the American Ornithological Society, continue to lump them together. Taxonomy Philip Sclater described the northern mealy amazon in 1860. Two subspecies have been described and these have alternative common names that are used frequently in aviculture: * ''A. g. guatemalae'': Found from southeastern Mexico to Honduras. Also known as the blue-crowned mealy amazon or the Guatemalan amazon. * ''A. g. virenticeps'': Found in Nicaragua to western Panama. Also known as the Costa Rican mealy amazon or the green-headed amazon. Description The northern mealy amazon has a total length of about ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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