Diademed amazon

Diademed amazon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Tribe: Androglossini
Genus: Amazona
Species: A. diadema
Binomial name
Amazona didema
von Spix, 1824

The diademed amazon (Amazona diadema) is a parrot in the family Psittacidae formerly considered conspecific with the red-lored amazon (Amazona autumnalia).

Range

Amazona diadema is restricted to the state of Amazonas in north-western Brazil.

Habitat and Ecology

The species occurs in a variety of lowland forest habitats as well as areas containing scattered trees and plantations. It feeds mostly on fruit and nuts.

References

  1. ↑ Birdlife International (2014). "Amazona didema". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 4 January 2015.


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