Table 2. Comparison of differences in face coloration of the new Amazona and other similarly red-fronted and –faced species of Amazona from Mexico and Mesoamerica.

Species	Forehead	Lores	Cheeks	Crown	Black ear patch	Black scalloping contour feathers (face)
New Amazona	Red	Red	Green	Green	Absent	Present
A. albifrons nana	White	Red	Green	Bluish	Absent	Subtle
A. a. albifrons	White	Red	Green	Blue	Absent	Subtle
A. a. saltuensis	White	Red	Green	Blue	Absent	Subtle
A. xantholora	White	Yellow	Green	Bluish	Present	Present
A. autumnalis autumnalis	Red	Red	Yellow	bluish	Absent	Absent
A. viridigenalis	Red	Red	Green	Bluish	Absent	Absent