Alternative name: Red-crowned Parrot
- Amazona viridigenalis
Identification
33 cm (13 in)
- Green overall plumage
- Red lores, forehead and mid-crown
- White orbital ring
- Bright green cheeks and ear-coverts
- Bluish-grey streaks from eyes down the neck
Distribution
They have been introduced to Texas, California, and Hawaii. In California they hybridize with the (also introduced) Lilac-crowned Amazon.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
They are found in tropical evergreen gallery forests, in dry lowlands. Also deciduous canyon woodlands.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of nuts, berries, fruits, berries, flowers and nectar depending on the season. Some populations are very dependent on pine seeds.
Breeding
They nest in tree cavities originally used by woodpeckers.
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 June 2017)
- Enkerlin-Hoeflich, E. C. and K. M. Hogan (2020). Red-crowned Parrot (Amazona viridigenalis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.recpar.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Red-crowned Amazon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-crowned_Amazon
External Links
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