Birds of Costa Rica

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Genus: Amazona (5 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.


White-fronted Amazon
White-fronted Amazon (Amazona albifrons)
Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-naped Amazon
Yellow-naped Amazon (Amazona auropalliata) Critically Endangered
  		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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

Mealy Amazon
Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa farinosa)
  		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Mealy Amazon
Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa virenticeps)
Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.
A large (40 cm.) Amazon parrot.

Yellow-crowned Amazon
Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)
Selva Park Hotel, Cacoal, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Additional photo.

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