Alternative name: Yellow-shouldered Amazon
- Amazona barbadensis
Identification
33 cm (13 in)
- Green overall plumage
- Yellow patches on head and shoulders
- White forehead
- Red wing patch
Distribution
South America: found in coastal northern Venezuela and a few islands north of Venezuela like Bonaire of the Netherlands Antilles.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Dry cactus scrubland and thornbush.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of fruits, seeds, and cactus flowers.
Breeding
They nest in a hole in a tree, cactus or on a cliff. Their clutch consists of 1-6 eggs.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-shouldered Parrot. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-shouldered_Parrot
