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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.
Amazona contains about thirty species of parrots, such as the Cuban amazon, festive amazon, and red-necked amazon. The taxonomy of the yellow-crowned amazon ( Amazona ochrocephala complex) is disputed, with some authorities only listing a single species ( A. ochrocephala ), while others split it into as many as three species ( A. ochrocephala ...
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-crowned amazon: A. ochrocephala (Gmelin, 1788) LC: Northern South America, east of the Andes Yellow-headed amazon: A. oratrix Ridgway, 1887: e EN: Scattered coastal areas of southern Mexico Red-spectacled amazon: A. pretrei (Temminck, 1830) g VU: Scattered populations in central Rio Grande do Sul Red-browed amazon: A. rhodocorytha ...
Amazon parrots — parrots of the genus Amazona (scientific name), native to the tropical Americas ... Red-crowned amazon; Red-lored amazon; Red-necked amazon;
The red-browed amazon has a bright red crown fading to purplish-brown at the back. The cheeks and throat are blue and the wing and body plumage is green with dark markings on the back of the neck. Black and red patches can be seen on the wings when they are spread and the tail feathers have red markings and are tipped with yellow.
The lilac-crowned amazon's endemic range spans along the pacific coast of Mexico, beginning in southeastern Sonora and southwestern Chihuahua down to southern Oaxaca. [4] In Sinaloa and northern Nayarit the geographic range of the lilac-crowned parrot is above 375 meters of elevation; the range does not descend to sea level until southern Nayarit, where it remains so through Jalisco and Oaxaca.
Mating with a red-crowned amazon, in California.. This species is part of the Amazona ochrocephala complex, which also includes the yellow-naped amazon (A. auropalliata).This complex, which has been called "a taxonomic headache", [3] is considered a single species by some authorities and split into three species by others.