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Festive Amazon
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endangered species of a bird "The festive Amazon"
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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Encyclopedic overview
The festive amazon (Amazona festiva), also known as the festive parrot, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. It is associated with forest (especially Várzea) and woodland growing near major rivers. Locally, it is also found in coastal mangroves (primarily in Amapá). There are two subspecies; A. f. festiva and A. f. bodini.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Festive Amazon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.