Amazona

Named by French zoologist René Lesson in 1830 after the Amazon rainforest, which name is ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Psittacidae – amazon parrots, native to the Neotropicos, but domestic and escaped elsewhere.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Psittaciformes – order; Psittacoidea – superfamily; Psittacidae – family; Arinae - subfamily; Androglossini - tribe

• (genus): Amazona farinosa (mealy amazon) - type species; Amazona aestiva, Amazona agilis, Amazona albifrons, Amazona amazonica, Amazona arausiaca, Amazona auropalliata, Amazona autumnalis, Amazona barbadensis, Amazona brasiliensis, Amazona collaria, Amazona diadema, Amazona dufresniana, Amazona festiva, Amazona finschi, Amazona guildingii, Amazona imperialis, Amazona kawalli, Amazona leucocephala, Amazona mercenaria, Amazona ochrocephala, Amazona oratrix, Amazona pretrei, Amazona rhodocorytha, Amazona tresmariae, Amazona tucumana, Amazona ventralis, Amazona versicolor, Amazona vinacea, Amazona viridigenalis, Amazona vittata, Amazona xantholora, Amazona xanthops (syn. of Alipiopsitta xanthops) - other species

• Amazona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amazona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Amazona on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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Amazòna f (Cyrillic spelling Амазо̀на, relational adjective amàzonskī)

1. Amazon (river)