White-faced Amazon (Amazona kawalli)

Other Names (World)
White-faced Amazon, Kawall's Amazon, Kawall's Parrot

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
35 - 36 cm

First Described (Guide)
Grantsau & Camargo, 1989

Habitat
Lowland rainforest, with a preference for "igap�" (permanently flooded forest) and river edge forest.

Range (Guide)

Brazil (B).

Amazon basin, Brazil.

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.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Kawall's Amazon (Amazona kawalli) [XC38456]
by Andrew Spencer from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, MT, Brazil (call)

Kawall's Amazon (Amazona kawalli) [XC39145]
by Olivier Claessens from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, MT, Brazil (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.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-faced Amazon (Amazona kawalli) - 10 files

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