Yellow-crowned Parrot

DISTRIBUTION: Panama to northern Bolivia.

DISTRIBUCI╙N: Panamß hasta el norte de Bolivia.

TAXONOMY/TAXONOMÍA: PSITTACIFORMES; PSITTACIDAE; Arinae.

Formerly lumped with two closely related species as the Yellow-crowned Parrot (Amazona ochrocephala), but taxonomists recently split the Yellow-crowned Parrot into three separate species. The three species are now theYellow-crowned Parrot, the Yellow-headed Parrot (Amazona oratrix), and the Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata ).

Otrora agrupada con dos especies pr≤ximamente emparentadas y llamada Amazona ochrocephala (Yellow-crowned Parrot, en inglΘs) pero los tax≤nomos recientemente disolvieron esta forma, reconociendo tres nuevas especies: la Amazona Coroniamarilla, la Amazona Cabeciamarilla (Amazona oratrix), y la Amazona Nuquiamarilla (Amazona auropalliata).

References/Referencias

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del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1998. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 4. Sandgrouse to cuckoos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

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