Tres Marías amazon

Tres Marías amazon
Tres Marías amazon at Cougar Mountain Zoological Park
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Tribe: Androglossini
Genus: Amazona
Species: A. oratrix
Trinomial name
Amazona oratrix tresmariae
Nelson, 1900

The Tres Marías amazon (Amazona oratrix tresmariae) is a parrot in the family Psittacidae. Many authorities consider it a subspecies of the yellow-headed amazon (Amazona oratrix), including the AOU, but is afforded full species status by the International Ornithological Congress[1] It is endemic to the Islas Marías off the Pacific coast of Mexico.

References

  1. "Parrots". International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 2015-01-04.


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