Birds of Mexico

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Genus: Amazona (8 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 autumnalis)
Guatemala
  The yellow-cheeked race found in northern central America. 		   
Photograph by Robert Lewis   © 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.

Lilac-crowned Amazon
Lilac-crowned Amazon (Amazona finschi) Endangered ENDEMIC
Barranca el Choncho, Jalisco, Mexico   		   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.
Similar to the Red-crowned Amazon found in northeast Mexico.

Yellow-headed Amazon
Yellow-headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix) Endangered
  		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Red-crowned Amazon
Red-crowned Amazon (Amazona viridigenalis) Endangered
United States   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Similar to the Lilac-crowned Amazon found on the west coast.

Yucatan Amazon
Yucatan Amazon (Amazona xantholora)
Camino Vigia Chico, Quintana Roo, Mexico   		   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.


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