Festive Amazon
Amazona festiva(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Festive Amazon
The Festive Amazon (Amazona festiva) 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 festiva
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Festive Amazon
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Amazona festiva bodini
- Amazona festiva festiva
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus festivus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Indies, error, Brazilian Amazon River fixed as the type locality by Hellmayr, antea, p. 592.
- 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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