Turquoise-fronted Amazon
Amazona aestiva(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Turquoise-fronted Amazon
The Turquoise-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittacidae (African and New World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
- Scientific name
- Amazona aestiva
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Turquoise-fronted Amazon
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Amazona aestiva aestiva
- Amazona aestiva xanthopteryx
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus aestivus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- America, Hellmayr, antea, p. 593, substitutes southern Brazil.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.101
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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