Martinique amazon
Martinique amazon | |
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Somewhat speculative restoration | |
Scientific classification (disputed) | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Genus: | Amazona |
Species: | †A. martinicana
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Binomial name | |
†Amazona martinicana A.H. Clark, 1905
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Location of Martinique |
The Martinique amazon (Amazona martinicana) is a
extinct species of Caribbean parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is not known from any material remains, but was said to be similar to the red-necked amazon (A. arausiaca) from Dominica, the next major island to the north of Martinique. Natives are known to have traded extensively in parrots between the Antilles, and it seems that the Martinique population was in some way related to or even descended from A. arausiaca.[2]
Description
Jean-Baptiste Labat described them as follows in 1742:
Those of Dominica have some red feathers on the wings, under the throat, and in the tail; all the rest is green (
Assuming it was a genuine and distinct
The Guadeloupe amazon ("A. violacea"), a similarly speculative "species", was said to inhabit the island of Guadeloupe. It is sometimes considered to be the same as "A. martinicana".[4] However, it is more widely held to be related or identical to the imperial amazon (A. imperialis), the second Amazona species of Dominica.[2]
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ S2CID 54593515.
- ^ Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild (15 April 2018). "Extinct birds : an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times : that is, within the last six or seven hundred years : to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction". London : Hutchinson – via Internet Archive.
- ^ ISBN 0-06-055804-0.
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