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The red-crowned amazon (Amazona viridigenalis), also known as the red-crowned parrot, green-cheeked amazon or Mexican red-headed parrot, is an endangered amazon parrot native to northeastern Mexico and possibly southern Texas in the United States.
The lilacine amazon is a small parrot, approximately 34 cm long when mature, with primarily green plumage. Like the red-lored amazon, it has red lores and yellow cheeks; its distinguishing features include a fully black beak, and lilac-tipped feathers on its crown. [41] [42] Western Ecuador to extreme south-western Colombia. [42] Diademed amazon
Yellow-lored parrot, Amazona xantholora; Red-crowned parrot, Amazona viridigenalis (E) (endangered) Lilac-crowned parrot, Amazona finschi (E) (endangered) Red-lored parrot, Amazona autumnalis; Mealy parrot, Amazona farinosa; Yellow-headed parrot, Amazona oratrix (endangered) Yellow-naped parrot, Amazona auropalliata (vulnerable)
Red-crowned parrots, whose home range is restricted to the lowlands of northeast Mexico, were first recorded in the Los Angeles area in 1963. Since then, the population has swelled to more than ...
Amazon parrots average 5 weeks for nest initiation, with most successful nestings averaging 2.2 fledglings. [28] Amazon parrots mostly breed during late winter and spring, as they are seasonal breeders. [29]: 255 This may happen due to seasonal food availability or a lower chance of flooding, as the period is generally dry. West Indian amazon ...
The yellow-headed amazon (Amazona oratrix), also known as the yellow-headed parrot and double yellow-headed amazon, is an endangered amazon parrot of Mexico and northern Central America. Measuring 38–43 centimetres (15–17 in) in length, it is a stocky short-tailed green parrot with a yellow head.
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.
Scaly-headed parrot: P. maximiliani (Kuhl, 1820) LC: Paraguay, southern Brazil, and east and central Bolivia Blue-headed parrot: P. menstruus (Linnaeus, 1766) LC: Northern and central South America, excluding the Andes White-crowned parrot: P. senilis (von Spix, 1824) LC: Central America bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Sierra Madre Oriental