Amazona finschi is a chordate, or more specifically a bird, in the Psittacidae family.

Amazona finschi is commonly known (its common name) as the Lilac-Crowned Amazon in English. In French (Français), Amazona finschi is commonly known as the Amazone De Finsch or Amazone À Couronne Lilas. In Spanish (Español), Amazona finschi is commonly known as the Amazona Guayabera or Cotorra Frente Roja or Loro Corona-Violeta.

Amazona finschi is classified as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Amazona finschi's population trend was decreasing at last assessment, meaning its numbers are declining in the wild.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Amazona finschi is (Sclater, 1864) (IUCN Red List).

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Country Distribution: Amazona finschi is found in the following countries:

Mexico (IUCN Red List).

Biome(s)/Ecosystem(s): IUCN lists the following as biomes for Amazona finschi: Terrestrial (IUCN Red List).

Major Habitat(s): 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane (IUCN Red List).

Range: Amazona finschi is endemic to the Pacific coast of Mexico^1,2,3. Historically, its range extended from southern Sonora and southwest Chihuahua to Oaxaca^1,4. The species has been practically extirpated from Oaxaca, as well as parts of Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, Colima and Michoacn, and has undergone significant population declines in many areas of its original range⁵. The species is most abundant in the states of Jalisco, Michoacn and Sinaloa⁵. A recent survey, carried out in appropriate habitat in 53 out of 77 50x50 km squares covering the species' entire global range, estimated its population size to be 7,000-10,000 individuals⁵. The species has disappeared from 37% of the localities where it was historically recorded^5,11. (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Amazona finschi is listed as VU A2cd+3cd; C1 ver 3.1 (2001) (IUCN Red List).

Year Assessed: Amazona finschi's status was assessed in 2006 (IUCN Red List).

Assessor: Amazona finschi's Red List status was evaluated by BirdLife International (IUCN Red List).

Red List Evaluator: The Red List Evaluator for Amazona finschi is listed by IUCN as Butchart, S. & Temple, H. (BirdLife International Red List Authority) (IUCN Red List).

Red List Rational / Justification : Amazona finschi is listed by IUCN for the following: This species has a small population which is declining rapidly owing to exploitation and habitat loss. Consequently it qualifies as Vulnerable. (IUCN Red List).

Threats: 1.1.1.2 (Wikipedia).

Red List History: Amazona finschi was listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 1988 (IUCN Red List).

Data Sources for IUCN data: The following is a list of citations from the IUCN web site for Amazona finschi:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places:
For References from A–L.
For References from M–Z.

BirdLife International 2006. Threatened Birds of the World 2006. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/05/2006.

BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.

BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.

(IUCN Red List).

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Amazona finschi (IUCN Red List).

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