Kawall's amazon

Kawall's amazon
At Rio Cristalino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Amazona
Species:
A. kawalli
Binomial name
Amazona kawalli

Kawall's amazon (Amazona kawalli), also known as the white-faced amazon, white-cheeked amazon or Kawall's parrot, is a relatively large species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is endemic to the south-central Amazon. After not having been recorded in the wild for around 70 years, the species was rediscovered in the 1980s.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Amazona kawalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22686363A210148938. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ^ Grantsau, R.; Camargo, H.F.A. (1989). "Nova especie de Amazona (Aves, Psittacidae)". Revista Brasileira de Biologia. 49: 1017–1020.