Short-tailed Parrot

Short-tailed Parrot

Taxobox
name = Short-tailed Parrot



image_caption = At a Peruvian village
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=48092|title=Graydidascalus brachyurus|downloaded=09 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern ]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
subfamilia = Psittacinae
tribus = Arini
genus = "Graydidascalus "
genus_authority = Bonaparte, 1854
species = "G. brachyurus"
binomial = "Graydidascalus brachyurus"
binomial_authority = (Kuhl, 1820)
The Short-tailed Parrot ("Graydidascalus brachyurus") is the only species of the genus "Graydidascalus". It is found along both banks of the Amazon river and other major Amazonian rivers in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. As suggested by its range, it is associated with the specific forest and woodland types growing near major rivers, although it also extends into the coastal deltas of French Guiana and Amapá, Brazil.

The closest relative is the Yellow-faced Parrot ("Alipiopsitta xanthops") and the members of the genus "Pionus". [Duarte JMB and Caparroz R (1995) Cytotaxonomic analysis of Brazilian species of the genus Amazona (Psittacidae, Aves) and confirmation of the genus Salvatoria (Ribeiro, 1920). Braz J Genet 18:623-628.] Russello, M.A. & Amato, G (2004) A molecular phylogeny of Amazona: implications for Neotropical parrot biogeography, taxonomy, and conservation. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 30: 421-437.]

It has a total length of c. 24 cm (9½ in). It is overall green with a large dark bill (large even for a parrot) and, as suggested by its name, a very short tail. Adults show a small maroon-red spot on the shoulder and at the base of the outer tail-feathers, but typically neither are easy to see.

The species is considered safe at the moment. [ [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1652&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet] :Short-tailed Parrot]

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