Short-tailed parrot
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| Genus: | Graydidascalus Bonaparte, 1854
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| Species: | G. brachyurus
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| Graydidascalus brachyurus (Kuhl, 1820)
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The Short-tailed Parrot (Graydidascalus brachyurus) is the only species of the genus Graydidascalus and is along both sides of the Amazon river in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The closest relative is the Yellow-faced Parrot (Salvatoria xanthops) and the members of the genus Pionus. [1][2]
The species is considered save at the moment.[3]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ BirdLife Species Factsheet:Short-tailed Parrot
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