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
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Red-tailed Amazon
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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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