Amazona Lesson, 1830

Nascimento, Rafael S. & Silveira, Luís Fábio, 2024, Fossil and subfossil birds of Brazil, Zoologia (e 23079) 41, pp. 1-234 : 173-174

Amazona Lesson

588. cf. Amazona sp.

Quaternary – MG

“un Perroquet ( Psittacus )” [?; in part] – Gervais 1844a: 294. Psittacus [?; in part] – Giebel 1846: 313.

Psittacinae [?; in part] – Giebel 1847: 20.

Psittacus [?; in part] – Pictet 1853: 414.

“une espèce du groupe des perroquets” [?; in part] – Liais 1872: 303.

Psittacus aff. guyanensi [in part] – Lund (in Winge 1887): 40. Chrysotis sp. e minor., vel g. aff. – Winge 1887: 40.

“duas especies de Chrysotis ” [in part] – Goeldi 1894: 129. Chrysotis sp. (“mehrere Arten”) [in part] – Lambrecht 1933: 770. Psittacus sp. [?; in part] – Lambrecht 1933: 770.

Chrysotis sp. [in part] – Mones 1986: 95.

“undetermined amazons” [in part] – Boles 2017: 10.

cf. Amazona sp. – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 495.

Winge (1887) reported several remains associated with a small form of this genus. From Lapa da Escrivânia V, a humerus and a tarsometatarsus that match well the record below ( Amazona sp. ) but are considerably smaller. There is also an ulna, too large for this humerus, but too small for the smallest humerus of the record below. From Lapa da Escrivânia XI, material represented by the coracoid, humerus, and carpometacarpus, which matches the ones from Lapa da Escrivânia V. From a “saltpeter cave near Escrivânia”, a humerus. Finally, from an unknown locality, the distal end of a humerus (“ Psittacus aff. guyanensi ” in Lund’s catalog), very similar to the first mentioned humerus.

589. Amazona sp. 1

Quaternary – MG

Chrysotis sp. , magnitudine Ch. amazonicae etc. – Winge 1887: 40. “duas especies de Chrysotis ” [in part] – Goeldi 1894: 129. Chrysotis sp. (“mehrere Arten”) [in part] – Lambrecht 1933: 770. Amazona amazonica – Brodkorb 1971: 213.

Amazona amazonica [ Chrysotis sp. ” [in part]] – Mones 1986: 94–95.

Amazona amazonica – Cuello 1988: 53.

“undetermined amazons” [in part] – Boles 2017: 10.

Amazona sp. – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 495.

Winge (1887) reported some bones that closely resemble Amazona amazonica in size. From Lapa da Escrivânia V, several individuals with varying sizes are represented by the coracoid, humerus, ulna, carpometacarpus, femur, tibiotarsus, and tarsometatarsus. From Lapa da Escrivânia XI, a coracoid and an ulna.

590. Amazona sp. 2

Holocene – PR

Amazona sp. – Mendes and Rodrigues 2024: 8.

Mendes and Rodrigues (2024) associated with this genus two bones of at least one individual from Sambaqui do Toral 51 in Paranaguá, Paraná .

591. Amazona cf. aestiva (Linnaeus)

Quaternary – PI

Psittacidae [in part] – Guérin et al. 1993a: 198.

Psittacidae [in part] – Guérin et al. 1993b: 328.

cf. Amazona aestiva – Guérin et al. 1996: 84.

cf. Amazona aestiva – Guérin et al. 2002: 136.

Guérin et al. (1996) reported material comparable to this species from Toca da Janela da Barra do Antonião. At least one adult and one young individual are present in the material.