Red-browed Amazon

Taxobox
name = Red-browed Amazon

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status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
genus = "Amazona"
species = "A. rhodocorytha"
binomial = "Amazona rhodocorytha"
binomial_authority = (Salvadori, 1890)
synonyms =

The Red-browed Amazon ("Amazona rhodocorytha") is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is endemic to Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil. It has been considered a subspecies of the Blue-cheeked Amazon, but today all major authorities consider them separate species.

It is threatened by habitat loss and capture for the wild parrot trade.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/1063/all Amazona rhodocorytha] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1673&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]