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Amazon parrot is the common name for a parrot of the genus Amazona. These are medium-sized parrots native to the New World ranging from South America to Mexico and the Caribbean.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazona, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2479603	https://www.gbif.org/species/2479603
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	368563	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=368563

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Psittaciformes : Psittacidae : Amazona

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
-	Pygostylia	Chiappe 2002
-	Ornithothoraces	Chiappe and Calvo 1994
-	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae	Haeckel 1866
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
-	Neognathae
-	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
-	Terrestrornithes	Livezey and Zusi 2007
-	Dendrornithes
-	Anomalogonates	Garrod 1874
-	Coccyges	Huxley 1867
superorder	Psittacimorphae
order	Psittaciformes	Wagler 1830
family	Psittacidae	Illiger 1811
genus	Amazona	Lesson 1830

Scientific Name

Amazona Lesson, 1830

Name Published In

Lesson, René P. 1830. Traité d'ornithologie, ou, Tableau méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux : ouvrage entièrement neuf, formant le catalogue le plus complet des espèces réunies dans les collections publiques de la France / par R. P. Lesson. Bruxelles :Chez F.G. Levrault, Paris, Strasbourg, Brussells.: i-xxxii, 1-659.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Amazona	genus	belongs to Arinae	stated without evidence	del Hoyo et al., 2014
Amazona	genus	belongs to Psittacidae	stated with evidence	Clements et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Psittacidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

granivore (based on Psittacidae)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. F. Clements, T. S. Schulenberg, and M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017

Common Name(s)

Amazon Parrots

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazona

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Amazona aestiva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona agilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona albifrons species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	White-fronted Parrot	1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Amazona amazonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona arausiaca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona auropalliata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona autumnalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona barbadensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona brasiliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona collaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona dufresniana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona farinosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Southern Mealy Amazon			0 Ma Extant
Amazona festiva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona finschi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona guildingii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona imperialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona kawalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona leucocephala species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Cuban Parrot	7	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Amazona martinicana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona mercenaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona ochrocephala species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona oratrix species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona pretrei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona rhodocorytha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona tucumana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona ventralis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Hispaniolan Parrot	1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Amazona versicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona vinacea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona violacea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona viridigenalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona vittata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona xantholora species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amazona xanthops species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1830	Amazona Lesson
2014	Amazona del Hoyo et al.
2017	Amazona Clements et al.

References

Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017

del Hoyo J., Collar N. J., et al (2014) HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines, 1-904

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Traité Ornith., (3 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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