The Races of Amazona Leucocephala (Linn.)
Author(s) -
James L. Peters
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
ornithology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.077
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1938-4254
pISSN - 0004-8038
DOI - 10.2307/4076025
Subject(s) - biology , geography
Psittacus leucocephalus Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, l, 1758, p. 100. ("Habitat in America" ex Edwards Natural Hist. Bds. p. 166, pl. 166 = Cuba). Psittacus paradisi Linn. Syst. Nat. ed 10, 1, 1758, p. 101. ("Habitat in America," ex Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina l, p. 10, pl. 10, Cuba.) Amazona leucoeephala palmarum Todd. Ann. Carn. Mus. 10. 1916, p. 228 (Los Indios, Isle of Pines). Description: General color green becoming yellowish on the undertail coverts and bhfish on the occiput, green feathers of the upper parts and of the breast with dusky edgings; forehead and anterior portion of crown white; throat and cheeks rose pink; a purplish-red patch on the abdomen. Primaries and secondaries blue or bluish on the outer webs, dusky on the inner; central pair of rectrices green, rest (except outermost) green on the outer webs, red on the basal half of the inner web, terminal half of the inner web yellow or yellowish green; outer pair of rectrices similar but with the outer webs blue.
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