Parrots (Psittacidae)

Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis) - HBW 4, p. 469

French: Amazone diadème German: Rotstirnamazone Spanish: Amazona Frentirroja
Other common names: Red-lored Parrot

Taxonomy: Psittacus autumnalis Linnaeus, 1758, West Indies; error = southern Mexico.
Forms superspecies with A. finschi. Races salvini (incorporating lilacina) and diadema may both be incipient species. Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Caribbean seaboard and slope from E Mexico to N Nicaragua.
  • salvini (Salvadori, 1891) - N Nicaragua S to SW Colombia and NW Venezuela.
  • lilacina Lesson, 1844 - W Ecuador.
  • diadema (Spix, 1824) - lower R Negro and adjacent N bank of Amazon, NW Brazil.