Scaly-naped Amazon
Amazona mercenarius(Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
English (US) Scaly-naped Amazon
The Scaly-naped Amazon (Amazona mercenarius) 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 mercenarius
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scaly-naped Amazon
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Amazona mercenarius canipalliata
- Amazona mercenarius mercenarius
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus mercenarius
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
- Type locality
- Peru.
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10 p.303
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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