Blue-cheeked Amazon
Amazona dufresniana(Shaw, G, 1812)
English (US) Blue-cheeked Amazon
The Blue-cheeked Amazon (Amazona dufresniana) 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 Venezuela (Gran Sabana) to the Guianas and (?) adjacent BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Amazona dufresniana
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Blue-cheeked Amazon
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1812)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus dufresnianus
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1812)
- Type locality
- Cayenne, ex LevaUlant, pi. 91.
- Original description
- General Zoology, or systematic natural history 8, pt2 p.513
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family African and New World Parrots
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Red-crowned Amazon
Amazona viridigenalis
Lilac-crowned Amazon
Amazona finschi
Red-lored Amazon
Amazona autumnalis
Lilacine Amazon
Amazona lilacina
Diademed Amazon
Amazona diadema
Red-browed Amazon
Amazona rhodocorytha
Red-necked Amazon
Amazona arausiaca
St. Lucia Amazon
Amazona versicolor
Yellow-naped Amazon
Amazona auropalliata
Yellow-headed Amazon
Amazona oratrix
Yellow-crowned Amazon
Amazona ochrocephala
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