Diademed amazon

Diademed amazon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Tribe: Androglossini
Genus: Amazona
Species: A. diadema
Binomial name
Amazona didema
von Spix, 1824

The diademed amazon (Amazona diadema) is a parrot in the family Psittacidae formerly considered conspecific with the red-lored amazon (Amazona autumnalia).

Range

Amazona diadema is restricted to the state of Amazonas in north-western Brazil.

Habitat and Ecology

The species occurs in a variety of lowland forest habitats as well as areas containing scattered trees and plantations. It feeds mostly on fruit and nuts.

References

  1. Birdlife International (2014). "Amazona didema". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 4 January 2015.


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