A. a. salvini at Cana Blanca Wildlife Sanctuary, Costa Rica A captive-bred red-lored parrot chick at the age of 6 weeks The red-lored amazon or red-lored parrot (Amazona autumnalis) is a species of amazon parrot, native to tropical regions of the Americas, from eastern Mexico south to Ecuador where it occurs in humid evergreen to semi-deciduous forests up to 1,100 m altitude. It is absent from the Pacific side of Central America north of Costa Rica. Not originally known from El Salvador, a pair - perhaps escaped from captivity - nested successfully in 1995 and 1996 in the outskirts of San SalvadorAt San Jacinto Hill, 13°42'N 89°08'W: Herrera et al. (2006). and the species might expand its range permanently into that country in the future.Herrera et al. (2006) This species has also established feral populations in several California cities.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Amazona autumnalis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens40
BINs2
Marker genes2
eDNA detections35
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus33 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)0.09%
Haplotypes5
BINs2
Most divergent pair1.2%
S.AmericaOther
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-3P★COI-5P
animal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualAmazona autumnalis carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size1 476 780 000 bp
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Amazona autumnalis1.48 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelScaffold
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type278 613 records
Wild obs. + sensor278 373
Museum / vouchered235
Other5
Origin
Native54
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO54 312 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy57% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 725≤1 km 1 058≤10 km 358>10 km 1 773
4 914 georeferenced · 273 459 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor278 373
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy76% within 1 km
≤100 m 115≤1 km 11≤10 km 38>10 km 2
166 georeferenced · 69 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence235
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions23 of 45 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Moore Laboratory of Zoology, Occidental Collegelocation not on record
23
US
22
Delaware Museum of Nature and Sciencelocation not on record
19
South Kensington, GB
19
Chicago, US
16
Washington, US
12
Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record
11
Ciudad de México, MX
9
Wuzhou, CN
8
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
6
Mongolian Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
4
St. Paul, US
4
Denver, US
4
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
3
3
Cambridge, US
3
Mexico City, MX
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM)location not on record
2
Seattle, US
2
Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record
2
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
2
Paris, FR
2
Corporacion Autonoma Regional del Valle del Caucalocation not on record
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
Area metropolitana del Valle de Aburralocation not on record
2
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record
2
UNICAMPlocation not on record
1
Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record
1
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record
1
Zacatecas, MX
1
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
1
University of Nebraska at Omahalocation not on record
1
Tapachula, MX
1
NCBlocation not on record
1
Ithaca, US
1
Barcelona, ES
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Los Angeles, US
1
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipaslocation not on record
1
Iowa City, US
1
Universidad del Valle de Guatemalalocation not on record
1
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
1
BG-NMNHSlocation not on record
1
Berkeley, US
1
45 institutions · 206 of 235 vouchered records shown · 29 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA35 detections
Where the DNA of Amazona autumnalis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found35
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 35 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median24.8 °C 14.5–26.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter1.70 °C
Max temp (day)27.2 °C 18.8–28.9
Min temp (night)22.9 °C 10.0–23.2
Precipitation210 mm/mo 203–235
Air humidity66.6 % 60.5–70.7
Moisture balance96.0 mm/mo 40.2–126
Vapour deficit999 Pa 550–1,232
Wind speed1.90 m/s 1.50–3.80
Cloud cover32.8 % 13.9–37.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility278 613 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI35 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics40 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗
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