Tres Marías amazon | |
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Tres Marías amazon at Cougar Mountain Zoological Park | |
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Subfamily: | Arinae |
Tribe: | Androglossini |
Genus: | Amazona |
Species: | A. oratrix |
Trinomial name | |
Amazona oratrix tresmariae Nelson, 1900 |
The Tres Marías amazon (Amazona oratrix tresmariae) is a parrot in the family Psittacidae. Many authorities consider it a subspecies of the yellow-headed amazon (Amazona oratrix), including the AOU, but is afforded full species status by the International Ornithological Congress It is endemic to the Islas Marías off the Pacific coast of Mexico.