Orange-winged amazon | |
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A. a. amazonica, Ecuador | |
A. a. tobagensis, Tobago | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Genus: | Amazona |
Species: | A. amazonica
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Binomial name | |
Amazona amazonica (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Synonyms | |
Psittacus amazonicus Linnaeus, 1766 |
The orange-winged amazon (Amazona amazonica), also known locally as orange-winged parrot and loro guaro, is a large amazon parrot. It is a resident breeding bird in tropical South America, from Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil. Its habitat is forest and semi-open country. Although common, it is persecuted as an agricultural pest and by capture for the pet trade (over 66,000 captured from 1981 to 1985). It is also hunted as a food source. Introduced breeding populations have been reported in Puerto Rico[2] and Tenerife in the Canary Islands.[3]
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