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
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
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- SACC proposal to move this species to genus Alipiopsitta
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Yellow-faced Parrot. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Yellow-faced_Parrot
