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[[Image:Orange-winged_Parrot.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by juninho<br/>Location: Botanical Gardens of Georgetown, Guyana]]
 
[[Image:Orange-winged_Parrot.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by juninho<br/>Location: Botanical Gardens of Georgetown, Guyana]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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The Orange-winged Amazon (''Amazona amazonica''), also known locally as Orange-winged Parrot, is a large Amazon parrot. The Orange-winged Amazon is about 33 cm long and weighs 340 g. It is mainly green with a lateral blue stripe on the forehead, some yellow on the crown, cheeks and outer tail tips, and an orange speculum. Sexes are alike.
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33 cm long and weighs 340 g. Green, lateral blue stripe on the forehead, some yellow on the crown, cheeks and outer tail tips, and an orange speculum. Sexes are alike.
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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It is a resident breeding bird in tropical South America, from Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago south to Peru and central Brazil.
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[[Colombia]], [[Trinidad]] and [[Tobago]], [[Peru]] and central [[Brazil]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
Subspecies ''tobagensis'', found only on Trinidad and Tobago, is larger then the nominate form, and has more orange in the wing.
 
Subspecies ''tobagensis'', found only on Trinidad and Tobago, is larger then the nominate form, and has more orange in the wing.
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Its habitat is forest and semi-open country. Although common, it is persecuted as an agricultural pest and by capture for the pet trade (over 66,000 captured in the years 1981-1985). It is also hunted as a food source.
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Forest and semi-open country.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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The Orange-winged Amazon lays three to five white eggs in a tree cavity, which are incubated by the female for 3 weeks, with a further two months to fledging.
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3-5 white eggs are laid in a tree cavity, and incubated by the female for 3 weeks, with a further two months to fledging.
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Orange-winged Amazons are noisy birds and make loud, high-pitched screams. They eat fruit and seeds, including the fruit of palm trees and sometimes cocoa. They roost communally in palm and other trees, and large numbers can be seen at the roost sites at dawn and dusk.
 
  
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It is becoming common as a feral bird in the Miami, Florida area of the USA
 
  
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The diet includes fruit and seeds, including the fruit of palm trees and sometimes cocoa.
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Amazona+amazonica}}   
 
{{GSearch|Amazona+amazonica}}   
 
[[Category:Birds]]
 
[[Category:Birds]]

Revision as of 16:26, 14 November 2007

Amazona amazonica
Photo by juninho
Location: Botanical Gardens of Georgetown, Guyana

Identification

33 cm long and weighs 340 g. Green, lateral blue stripe on the forehead, some yellow on the crown, cheeks and outer tail tips, and an orange speculum. Sexes are alike.

Distribution

Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Peru and central Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies tobagensis, found only on Trinidad and Tobago, is larger then the nominate form, and has more orange in the wing.

Habitat

Forest and semi-open country.

Behaviour

3-5 white eggs are laid in a tree cavity, and incubated by the female for 3 weeks, with a further two months to fledging.


The diet includes fruit and seeds, including the fruit of palm trees and sometimes cocoa.

External Links

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