Amazona leucocephala

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Overview

Threatened

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Vegetation: tropical lowland evergreen forest, montaine evergreen forests, tropical deciduous forests • Maximum Elevation: 800 meters • Zoogeographic Region: o • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium

Biome: Terrestrial

Ecology: List of Habitats : 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 1.7 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens

Biology

Diet

Feeds on the fruits and seeds of a wide variety of plants .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Amazona

There are approximately 102 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. aestiva (Turquoise-Fronted Amazon) · A. aestiva aestiva (Turquoise-Fronted Amazon) · A. aestiva ssp · A. aestiva xanthopterix · A. aestiva xanthopteryx · A. agilis (Black-Billed Amazon) · A. albifrons (White-Fronted Parrot) · A. albifrons albifrons (White-Fronted Amazon) · A. albifrons nana · A. albifrons saltuensis · A. amazonica (Orange-Winged Amazon Parrot) · A. amazonica aestiva · A. amazonica amazonica (Orange-Winged Amazon) · A. amazonica tobagensis · A. arausiaca (Red-Necked Parrot) · A. arausica · A. auropalliata (Yellow-Naped Amazon Parrot) · A. auropalliata auropalliata (Yellow-Naped Amazon) · A. auropalliata caribaea · A. auropalliata parvipes · A. automnalis · A. autumnalis (Red-Lored Parrot) · A. autumnalis autumnalis (Red Lored Parrot) · A. autumnalis diadema · A. autumnalis lilacina · A. autumnalis salvini · A. barbadensis (Yellow-Shouldered Amazon) · A. barbadensis barbadensis (Yellow-Shouldered Amazon) · A. barbadensis rothschildi · A. brasiliensis (Red-Tailed Amazon) · A. collaria (Yellow-Billed Amazon) · A. diadema · A. dufresniana (Blue-Cheeked Amazon) · A. dufresniana dufresniana (Blue-Cheeked Parrot) · A. dufresniana rhodocorytha · A. farinosa (Mealy Parrot) · A. farinosa aberratio · A. farinosa chapmani · A. farinosa farinosa (Mealy Parrot) · A. farinosa guatemalae · A. farinosa inornata · A. farinosa virenticeps (Costa Rican Amazon Parrot) · A. festiva (Festive Parrot) · A. festiva bodini · A. festiva festiva (Festive Parrot) · A. finschi (Lilac-Crowned Amazon) · A. finschi finschi (Lilac-Crowned Parrot) · A. finschi woodi · A. guildingi · A. guildingii (Saint Vincent Parrot) · A. imperialis (Imperial Parrot) · A. kawalli (White-Cheeked Amazon) · A. leucocephala (Caribbean Amazon) · A. leucocephala bahamensis (Bahaman Parrot) · A. leucocephala caymanensis · A. leucocephala hesterna · A. leucocephala leucocephala (Caribbean Amazon) · A. leucocephala palmarum · A. leucocephala ssp · A. liliacina · A. martinicana (Martinique Parrot) · A. mercenaria (Scaly-Naped Parrot) · A. mercenaria canipalliata · A. mercenaria mercenaria (Scaly-Naped Amazon) · A. ochrocephala (Yellow-Crowned Parrot) · A. ochrocephala auropalliata · A. ochrocephala auropil · A. ochrocephala magna · A. ochrocephala natterei · A. ochrocephala nattereri · A. ochrocephala ochrocephala (Yellow-Crowned Parrot) · A. ochrocephala ochrocephale · A. ochrocephala oratix · A. ochrocephala oratrix · A. ochrocephala panamensis · A. ochrocephala ssp · A. ochrocephala tresmariae · A. ochrocephala xantholaema · A. oratrix (Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot) · A. oratrix belizensis · A. oratrix magna · A. oratrix oratrix · A. oratrix tresmariae · A. panamensis · A. pretrei (Red-Spectacled Amazon) · A. pretrei pretrei (Red-Spectacled Parrot) · A. pretrei tucumana · A. rhodocorytha (Red-Browed Amazon) · A. rodocorytha · A. rubricauda · A. sp · A. tucumana (TucumÁn Parrot) · A. ventralis (Hispaniolan Parrot) · A. versicolor (Saint Lucia Parrot) · A. vinacea (Vinaceous-Breasted Parrot) · A. violacea (Guadeloupe Parrot) · A. viridigenalis (Red-Crowned Parrot Parakeet) · A. vittata (Puerto Rican Parrot) · A. vittata gracilipes · A. vittata vittata (Puerto Rican Parrot)

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Further Reading

• Abhandlungen. Berlin, W. de Gruyter [etc.] GER url p. 86, p. 96.
• Anglo-russkii biologicheskii slovar' / [avtory, I. N. Afanas'eva et al.; spetsial'nye nauch. redaktory, O. I. Chibisova i L. A. Koziar]. Moskva: Russkii iazyk, 1979. ENG url p. 460.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- ENG url p. 228, p. 229, p. 390, p. 547, p. 562, p. 566.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 103, p. 105, p. 113, p. 152, p. 68, p. 95, p. 95, p. 97.
• Aquila. Budapest: A Magyar Ornithologiai Knt Kiadva, 1894- HUN url p. 113.
• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Bird-lore. New York, National Association of Audubon Societies. ENG url p. 45.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 269, p. 272, p. 273, p. 274, p. 395, p. 414, p. 531.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 308.
• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 316.
• Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
• Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
• Field Museum of Natural History bulletin. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, [1930]-c1990. ENG url p. 7.
• Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. Cambridge, Mass.: The Club, 1886- ENG url p. 133.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 23, p. 8.
• The Bahama Islands / edited by George Burbank Shattuck. [Baltimore]: Johns Hopkins Press; 1905. ENG url p. 352.
• The birds of the West Indies. Including all speciesknown to occur in the Bahama Islands, the Greater Antilles, the Caymans, and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the islands of Tobago and Trinidad. By Charles B. Cory. Boston, Estes & Lauriat, 1889. ENG url p. 183.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Bronx Zoo, Bronx, NY USA
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 06, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, and quot;Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds, and quot; in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 06, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3853480
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-177798
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13740631
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177798
• IUCN ID: 1058
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: B05C
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1805

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