Despite its flamboyant feather and shrill call , this elusive bird had remained strange to skill , until now . encounter the blue - wing Amazon ( Amazona gomezgarzai ) , the latest coinage of parrot to have been discover dart from tree to Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in the rain forest of Mexico . Characterized by its unique coloring , and typical vocalization ( which has beenlikenedto something from Hitchcock’sPsychosoundtrack ) , the bird has now been officially described in the journalPeerJ.
What alert the life scientist to its existencewas its flashy , crisp , and distinctive call . In fact , it was while Miguel Gómez Garza was on a final expedition to the Yucatán Peninsula to land up his Word on the parrots of Mexico , when the bird gave itself away as a grouping of them shoot the breeze in the distance . Garza realized that this randomness , which was morelike that of a mortarboard , was unlike any other Amazon parrot that lives in the country .
After waiting for the parrot to come a little secretive , Garza ’s suspicion were seemingly confirm . Despite clearly being some eccentric of Amazon parrot , the lack of egg white on the bureau , and the brush of grim pigment on the wings , and the spot of smart bolshy on their heads clearly indicated to him that it was unlike any of the other local species find out to inhabit on the Yucatán Peninsula .
About the size of a pigeon , the new addition to the ornithological world is knownofficially as the blue - winged Amazon parrot . Living in small deal of around 12 birds , they seem to live in sept groups , with parents and offspring sticking around . The bird , like all other Amazon parrots , is a herbivore , pick out to snack on fruit , efflorescence , and leaves .
The new species search very similar to two other species found in the neighborhood , but is distinguished by its singular fleeceable crown , unlike the blue see in both the Yucatán and White - face Amazon parrot . Despite the blue - wing parrot being call back to have split from the closely interrelate White - fronted parrot only 120,000 years ago , and with both still survive in the same area , the two species are not conceive to copulate or hybridize .
The current appraisal of the species suggests that there are around 100 of the birds live in the forest . This apparent oddment and its small range , however , means that the author of the newspaper publisher are recommending that while there is nothing in place currently , the bluing - fly Amazon should become a conservation anteriority .
