Birds of Bolivia

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Genus: Amazona (6 species, 31 worldwide)

Genus Amazona, Amazon Parrots, are large (most species around 35 cm.) stocky mostly green parrots with broad wings and short tails. They travel in noisy flocks.


Turquoise-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva xanthopteryx) Near Threatened Bolivia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Orange-winged Amazon (Amazona amazonica) Parque Biotematica Megua, Baranoa, Colombia
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Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa farinosa)
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Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa virenticeps) Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

A large (40 cm.) Amazon parrot.


Scaly-naped Amazon (Amazona mercenarius canipalliata) Colombia
Photograph by Manakin Nature Tours - Luis Urueña © All Rights Reserved.

Found at high altitudes in the Andes, unlike most genus Amazon parrots that are found only in lowlands.
Front view.


Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala) Selva Park Hotel, Cacoal, Brazil
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Additional photo.


Tucuman Amazon (Amazona tucumana) Vulnerable
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