Red-necked Amazon
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| Red-necked Parrot | |
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| At the Parrot Conservation and Research Centre Botanical Gardens, Roseau, Dominica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Amazona |
| Species: | A. arausiaca |
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| Amazona arausiaca (Muller, 1776) |
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The Red-necked Parrot, Amazona arausiaca, also known as the Dominican Blue-faced Amazon, Lessor Dominican Amazon, and Jaco Parrot, is an Amazon parrot endemic to Dominica.
It is green, with bright splashes of various colours. Its name is due to the area of red plumage commonly found at its throat.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2008). Amazona arausiaca. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 November 2009.
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