User:KimvdLinde/Salvatoria xanthops
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| Salvatoria xanthops (Spix, 1824) |
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Amazona xanthops |
The Yellow-faced Parrot (Salvatoria xanthops) is the only species of the genus Salvatoria and is found in Brazil and occationally 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. [2][3]
This semi-nomadic parrot is found in eastern Brazil at the cerrado in low numbers and is declining or has already dissappeared in large areas of its former range.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ BirdLife International (2004). 'Amazona xanthops'. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ BirdLife Species Factsheet:Yellow-faced Amazon
