- Yellow-faced Parrot
Taxobox
name = Yellow-faced Parrot
status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down
status_ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=1071|title=Amazona xanthops|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes a range map and a brief justification of why this species is near threatened ]
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Psittaciformes
familia =Psittacidae
subfamilia =Psittacinae
tribus = Arini
genus = "Alipiopsitta"
genus_authority = Caparroz and Pacheco, 2006
species = "A. xanthops"
binomial = "Alipiopsitta xanthops"
binomial_authority = Spix, 1824
synonyms = "Amazona xanthops and Salvatoria xanthops"The Yellow-faced Parrot ("Alipiopsitta xanthops"), also known as the Yellow-faced Amazon, is the only species of the
genus "Alipiopsitta". It is a semi-nomadic species found in thecerrado region of Brazil and adjacent Bolivia. It occurs in small numbers and is declining or has already disappeared in large areas of its former range. [ [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1676&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet] : Yellow-faced Amazon]Previously, it was placed within the genus "
Amazona ", but recent research showed that this species is much more closely related to theShort-tailed Parrot ("Graydidascalus brachyurus") and to the members of the genus "Pionus ". [Duarte JMB and Caparroz R (1995) Cytotaxonomic analysis of Brazilian species of the genus Amazona (Psittacidae, Aves) and confirmation of the genus Alipiopsitta (Caparroz and Pacheco). 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.] Following this discovery, it was briefly placed in the genus "Salvatoria", until this name was found to be pre-occupied by a group ofpolychaete worms from the superfamilyNereidoidea , thus leading to the transferral of the Yellow-faced Parrot to the genus "Alipiopsitta".References
*Caparroz, R. and J.F. Pacheco, 2006: A homonymy in Psittacidae a new name for Salvatoria Miranda-Ribeiro. Ararajuba: Rev. Brasileira de Ornitologia. V. 14, n 2, pp. 91-93.
*Hoppe, D., 2007: Ribeiropapagei – ein neuer Name für die Gelbbauchamazone. Gefiederte Welt, Vol. 131, pp. 173-176 + 210-213.
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