Birds of Colombia


Orange-winged Amazon (Amazona amazonica) Parque Biotematica Megua, Baranoa, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis salvini) Colombia Green-cheeked race found below Nicaragua.
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The race from Mexico to Nicaragua has a yellow cheek. A tiny bit thinner, smaller than most Amazon parrots.


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.


Festive Amazon (Amazona festiva)
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A large (40 cm.) Amazon parrot.


Kawall's Amazon (Amazona kawalli) Rare/Accidental Rio Cristalino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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Similar to Mealy Amazon but note white skin at base of bill and white eye-ring, red on side of tail, and distinctive call. Also somewhat smaller in size at 35 cm.. A Brazilian endemoic recenly (2021) recorded in Mitu, Colombia.


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.