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A parrot newly discovered in Mexico already faces extinction because of threats to its habitat, scientists have said.

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Yahoo!

Publication Date
2017-06-28

The blue-winged Amazon was spotted by a travelling ornithologist in a remote region of the Yucatan peninsular in 2014. Experts writing in the journal PeerJ have now confirmed it is a previously undescribed species with a unique plumage colour and pattern and distinctive call. They also warned that, confined to a small area of unprotected forest, it is in grave danger.

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https://uk.news.yahoo.com/newly-discovered-parrot-species-already-144105308.html