Guadeloupe Amazon
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| Guadeloupe Parrot | |
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| Painting by John Gerrard Keulemans | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Amazona |
| Species: | A. violacea |
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| Amazona violacea Gmelin, 1789 |
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The Guadeloupe Parrot (Amazona violacea) was a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It was endemic to Guadeloupe. It was hunted, and by 1779 was already rare.[1] Today it is extinct.
[edit] References
- ^ BirdLife International 2004. Amazona violacea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 January 2011.
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