Parrots (Psittacidae)
Blue-cheeked Amazon (Amazona dufresniana) - HBW 4, p. 470
French: Amazone de Dufresne
German: Goldmaskenamazone
Spanish: Amazona Cariazul
Other common names: Blue-cheeked Parrot
Taxonomy: Psittacus dufresnianus Shaw, 1812, Cayenne.
Possibly forms a superspecies with A. rhodocorytha and A. brasiliensis; has been treated as conspecific with former, or even both. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Venezuela, the Guianas and possibly adjacent Brazil.
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A bird perched and jumping off Locality Cuyuní River Road, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 4 years ago 2 sec 4 -
A bird resting on a branch and looking around Locality Cuyuní River Road, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 4 years ago 22 sec 3.7 -
An individual calling, while another is doing the same on the background Locality Cuyuní River Road, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 4 years ago 29 sec 3.7 -
A perched bird seen from below Locality Cuyuní River Road, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 4 years ago 19 sec 3.6 -
A bird scratching and defecating once Locality Cuyuní River Road, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 4 years ago 43 sec 3.5
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A clouse-up of birds head.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 25 June 2009 2 years ago 0
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A bird givig calls Locality Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
(Monotypic species)
Michael C 1 January 2008 2 years ago 3
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