Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status NT
Habitat destruction due to conversion to cattle ranching and soy production, facilitated by expansion of the road network, hunting and trapping for the cage-bird trade are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Kawall's Amazon (Amazona kawalli) [XC108680]
by Jeremy Minns from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, MT, Brazil (call)
Kawall's Amazon (Amazona kawalli) [XC14934]
by Bradley Davis from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, MT, Brazil (flight call)
Subspecies
Taxonomic status of this recently described form was questioned, and it was widely considered to be an aberrant form of Southern Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa), but scrutiny of further evidence has convincingly shown it to be a valid species.