Yellow-faced Parrot - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Rogerio Araújo Dias
Brasilia, Brazil

Alternative name: Yellow-faced Amazon

Alipiopsitta xanthops

Amazona xanthops

Identification

27 cm (10½ in)

• Yellow head and neck
• Greenish on nape and upper breast
• Orangey-red lower breast and belly
• Green thighs and vent

Photo © by Daniesser
Itacambira, MG, Brazil, 9 June 2019

Distribution

South America: found in interior Brazil (Maranhão), northern Paraguay and occasionally eastern Bolivia (some sources say this is a Brazilian endemic).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Has formerly been included in the genus Amazona

Habitat

Cerrado (wooded grassland) and caatinga (thorn scrub) habitat.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet fruit and seeds. They are particularly fond of mangoes.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. SACC proposal to move this species to genus Alipiopsitta
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-faced Parrot. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-faced_Parrot

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