Alternative name: Blue-cheeked Parrot
- Amazona dufresniana
Identification
34 cm (13½ in)
- Green plumage
- Blue cheeks
- Yellow-orange wing patch
- Yellowish crown
- Orange lores
Distribution
South America: found in south-eastern Venezuela (Gran Sabana) to the Guianas and possibly adjacent Brazil.
Taxonomy
This was formerly considered conspecific with Red-browed Amazon.
Subspecies
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Rainforest, cloud forest and savanna woodlands up to 1700m. They also visit coastal sand-ridge forests.
Behaviour
Diet
On visits to the coast, they eat Sandbox Tree seeds and most likely eat mimosa and other berries too. No other information available.
Breeding
The only information seems to be from captive birds, who lay 3 eggs, with incubation lasting 23-26 days.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Feb 2018)
- Wikipedia
- Avian Web
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Blue-cheeked Amazon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-cheeked_Amazon
External Links
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