Graydidascalus, Bonaparte, 1854

Smith, Brian Tilston, Thom, Gregory & Joseph, Leo, 2024, Revised Evolutionary And Taxonomic Synthesis For Parrots (Order: Psittaciformes) Guided By Phylogenomic Analysis, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2024 (468), pp. 1-87 : 36

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https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090.468.1.1

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scientific name

Graydidascalus
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Graydidascalus View in CoL

Graydidascalus brachyurus View in CoL occurs throughout the Amazonian floodplains and is a midsized, predominantly green stocky parrot with black lores, prominent red iris, very short tail, and unusually large bill. As with many other Amazonian birds of floodplains, it is taxonomically monotypic having no described geographic variation ( Forshaw, 1973; Remsen and Parker, 1983), yet it may contain uncharacterized genetic structuring along rivers ( Thom et al., 2020). Graydidascalus brachyurus View in CoL shares a common ancestor with Alipiopsitta xanthops View in CoL 7.8 Mya (4.1–10.4), reflecting a long period, in both taxa, during which taxonomic or geographic variation did not accumulate.

Forshaw, J. M. 1973. Parrots of the world: 1 - 584. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.

Remsen, J. V., Jr., and T. A. Parker III. 1983. Contribution of river-created habitats to bird species richness in Amazonia. Biotropica: 223 - 231.

Thom, G., et al. 2020. Quaternary climate changes as speciation drivers in the Amazon floodplains. Science Advances 6: eaax 4718.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Psittaciformes

Family

Psittacidae