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Red-tailed Amazon

Amazona brasiliensis(Linnaeus, C, 1758)

English (US) Red-tailed Amazon

The Red-tailed Amazon (Amazona brasiliensis) 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.

Range: southeastern Brazil (southeastern São Paulo and Paraná)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Amazona brasiliensis
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
English (US)
Red-tailed Amazon
Described by
(Linnaeus, C, 1758)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Psittacus brasiliensis
Described by
(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
Type locality
Brazil, ex Edwards, pi. 161.
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.102

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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