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Imperial Amazon

(Amazona imperialis)

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Description

L ' Imperial Amazon ( Amazona imperialis ) is a bird of the family of Psittacidae. Similar to the red-hot amazon,with which it associates and shares the distribution area (but at altitudes between 600 and 1200 meters),it is characterized by the blue-purple color of the whole head and chest.It has a size of around 45 cm.It also shares the fate of the red-blooded Amazon as regards the safeguard project;however,the even smaller number of individuals places it in serious danger of extinction: in fact,in the 1993 census there were less than 100 subjects.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Psittaciformes
Family:Psittacidae
Genus:Amazona
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