Alipiopsitta xanthops (Yellow-faced Parrot)
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Salvatoria de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 |
The Yellow-faced Parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops) is the only species of the genus Alipiopsitta and is found in Brazil and occasionally in Bolivia. Previously, it was placed within the genus Amazona and was sometimes called the Yellow-faced Amazon. Recent research showed that this species is much closer related to the Short-tailed Parrot (Graydidascalus brachyurus) and to the members of the genus Pionus.[2][3][4][5] In 2006, the genus name Salvatoria was changed to Alipiopsitta as it was a junior homonym of a genus Salvatoria McIntosh, 1885, a genus of exogonin syllid polychaetes.[6]
This semi-nomadic parrot is found in eastern Brazil at the cerrado in low numbers and is declining or has already disappeared in large areas of its former range.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2004). Amazona xanthops. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and a brief justification of why this species is near threatened
- ↑ Birt, T. P., V. L. Friesen, J. M. Green, W. A. Montevecchi and W. S. Davidson (1992) Cytochrome-B sequence variation among parrots. Hereditas 117:67-72.
- ↑ Caparroz, R. and J. M. B. Duarte (2004) Chromosomal similarity between the Scaly-headed Parrot (Pionus maximiliani), the Short-tailed Parrot (Graydidascalus brachyurus) and the Yellow-faced Amazon (Salvatoria xanthops) (Psittaciformes: Aves): a cytotaxonomic analysis. Gen. Mol. Biol. 27:522-528.
- ↑ Duarte JMB and Caparroz R (1995) Cytotaxonomic analysis of Brazilian species of the genus Amazona (Psittacidae, Aves) and confirmation of the genus Salvatoria (Ribeiro, 1920). Braz J Genet 18:623-628.
- ↑ Russello, M.A. & Amato, G (2004) A molecular phylogeny of Amazona: implications for Neotropical parrot biogeography, taxonomy, and conservation. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 30: 421-437.
- ↑ Caparroz, R. and J. F. Pacheco (2006) A homonymy in Psittacidae: a new name for Salvatoria Miranda-Ribeiro. Rev. Bras. Orn. 14 (2): 174-175