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

Amazona vinacea is commonly known (its common name) as the Vinaceous Amazon in English. In French (Français), Amazona vinacea is commonly known as the Amazone Bourgogne or Amazone Vineuse. In Spanish (Español), Amazona vinacea is commonly known as the Amazona Pechivinosa or Amazona Vinosa or Loro Pechivinoso or Loro Pecho Vinoso.

Amazona vinacea 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 vinacea'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 vinacea is (Kuhl, 1820) (IUCN Red List).

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

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay (IUCN Red List).

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

Major Habitat(s): 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
11.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations (IUCN Red List).

Range: Amazona vinacea has become rare throughout its extensive range. In the early 1980s, Paraguay was considered the global stronghold, but all remaining subpopulations in Canindey and Alto Paran number fewer than c.80 birds^7,10. There are very few recent records from Caazap and Concepcin, and it has been extirpated in Amambay, Caaguaz, Itapa and Guair. It is perhaps most common in Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paran (several populations of more than 100 birds), south Brazil, and low numbers persist in Minas Gerais and So Paulo. It was possibly never common, and must be close to extinction in Bahia, Esprito Santo and Rio de Janiero. In Argentina, two populations remain in Misiones, on the Alto Piray Min river to San Pedro and around Campo Viera¹. (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Amazona vinacea is listed as VU A2cd+3cd; C2a(i) ver 3.1 (2001) (IUCN Red List).

Year Assessed: Amazona vinacea's status was assessed in 2004 (IUCN Red List).

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

Red List Evaluator: The Red List Evaluator for Amazona vinacea is listed by IUCN as Capper, D., Wege, D., Benstead, P. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority) (IUCN Red List).

Red List Rational / Justification : Amazona vinacea is listed by IUCN for the following: This species has been downlisted to Vulnerable because new information suggests that its population is larger than previously estimated. Significant populations remain in southern Brazil, despite range contraction in the northern part of the range, and hence the total population is estimated to be larger than previously, although still small. Extensive habitat loss and fragmentation, compounded by trade, have rapidly reduced numbers of this species, and these rapid declines are projected to continue. (IUCN Red List).

Threats: 1.1.1.2 (Wikipedia).

Red List History: Amazona vinacea 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 vinacea:

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. 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. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.

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. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

(IUCN Red List).

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

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