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 NT    Yellow-faced Amazon* Id (Atlas):
    Alipiopsitta xanthops

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Amazona xanthops [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Amazona xanthops [Stotz et al. (1996)], Amazona xanthops [Collar and Andrew (1988)], Amazona xanthops [Collar et al. (1994)], Amazona xanthops [BirdLife International (2000)], Amazona xanthops [BirdLife International (2004)]

Other Names (World)
Yellow-faced Amazon, Yellow-faced Parrot, Brazilian Yellow-faced Parrot

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
26.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Spix, 1824)

Habitat
Wooded grassland (cerradío), spiny arid scrub (caatinga), gallery forest and Mauritia palm-stands. From 600 - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)
Bolivia (B), Brazil (B).

Interior Brazil from Maranhío south to northern Paraguay and eastern Bolivia.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation with high-quality cerrado grasslands are being rapidly destroyed by mechanised agriculture, intensive cattle-ranching, afforestation, invasive grasses, excessive use of pesticides and annual burning, trade, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
High-pitched 'kréwe-kréwe' and 'grayo-grayo' calls.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

 
Yellow-faced Parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops) [XC11367]
     by Marcelo Villegas from Tapira, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (?)

 
Yellow-faced Parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops) [XC76065]
     by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Vila de Sao Jorge, Alto Paraiso de Goi\u00e1s -Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
Placement within genus Amazona has been questioned.

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Turquoise-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva) which is larger, with turquoise forecrown and different breast pattern.


References
See References.


Files:
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