Amazona kawalli

Grantsau & Camargo, 1989 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Psittaciformes/Psittacidae/Amazona

At a glance

Occurrence records2 527

Data sources10

Biological traits24

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections4

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Amazona kawalli's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 527 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 527 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries4 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈1.1 Gbp

01Narrative

Kawall's amazon (Amazona kawalli), also known as the white-faced amazon, white-cheeked amazon or Kawall's parrot, is a relatively large species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is endemic to the south-central Amazon. After not having been recorded in the wild for around 70 years, the species was rediscovered in the 1980s.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology11

Beak depth34 mm

Beak length (culmen)40.2 mm

Beak length (nares)34.8 mm

Beak width19.8 mm

Body mass626 g

⚠ sources differ — AVONET: 626 g · EltonTraits: 327 g

Hand-wing index12.8

Kipp's distance29.7 mm

Secondary length202 mm

Tail length116 mm

Tarsus length25.2 mm

Wing length233 mm

Diet & foraging9

Canopy30 %

Fruit60 %

Ground10 %

Midhigh40 %

Plant other10 %

Seed30 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheFrugivore

Understory20 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size812 429 km²

05DNA & barcoding4 specimens

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 kawalli has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections4

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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 manual Amazona kawalli 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 size≈1 095 788 338 bp assembly estimate

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 kawalli1.1 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.

Chromosomes2n = 68 n = 34

Chromosome records68–702n range69median68mode4records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 682×GoaT · Bird Chromosome Database

GoaT · Bird Chromosome Database — ↗

2n 702×GoaT · Bird Chromosome Database

GoaT · Bird Chromosome Database — ↗

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 type2 527 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 525

Museum / vouchered2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO876 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 accuracy8% within 1 km

≤100 m 1>10 km 11

12 georeferenced · 2 513 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 525

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2

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 institutions1 of 1 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Chicago, US	2

1 institutions · 2 of 2 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Amazona kawalli 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 found4

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 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.

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.

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Amazona kawalli

At a glance

Sources10 archives

Size & morphology11

Diet & foraging9

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type2 527 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions1 of 1 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type2 527 records