Birds of the World


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

In flight.


Black-billed Amazon (Amazona agilis) Endangered Range: NA: Jamaica Stewart Town Private Reserve, Trelawny, Jamaica
Photograph by Matt Grube © All Rights Reserved.


White-fronted Amazon (Amazona albifrons) Range: MA: nw Mexico to Costa Rica Costa Rica
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Orange-winged Amazon (Amazona amazonica) Range: SA: Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas to Bolivia and sc Brazil; se Brazil Parque Biotematica Megua, Baranoa, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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Red-necked Amazon (Amazona arausiaca) Vulnerable Range: NA: Dominica


Yellow-naped Amazon (Amazona auropalliata) Critically Endangered Range: MA: s Mexico to Costa Rica
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis salvini) Range: MA, SA: e Mexico to w Ecuador Colombia Green-cheeked race found below Nicaragua.
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Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis autumnalis) Range: MA, SA: e Mexico to w Ecuador 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.


Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis) Near Threatened Range: SA: Venezuela Isla Margarita, Venezuela
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A bit smaller and thinner than most amazon parrots. It has been extirpated from the South American mainland and is only found on Isla Margarita (Venezuela) and maybe two other islands.


Red-tailed Amazon (Amazona brasiliensis) Near Threatened Range: SA: se Brazil Parque das Aves, Brazil
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Yellow-billed Amazon (Amazona collaria) Vulnerable Range: NA: Jamaica Stewart Town Private Reserve, Trelawny, Jamaica
Photograph by Matt Grube © All Rights Reserved.


Diademed Amazon (Amazona diadema) Range: SA: nw Brazil
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Diademed Amazon (Amazona diadema) Range: SA: nw Brazil Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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An isolated population of Red-lored Amazon in the middle of the Amazon is now considered a new species, the Diademed Amazon.


Blue-cheeked Amazon (Amazona dufresniana) Near Threatened Range: SA: e Venezuela and the Guianas
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Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa farinosa) Range: MA, SA: se Mexico to Colombia, ne Bolivia, e Brazil and the Guianas
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Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa virenticeps) Range: MA, SA: se Mexico to Colombia, ne Bolivia, e Brazil and the Guianas Costa Rica
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A large (40 cm.) Amazon parrot.


Festive Amazon (Amazona festiva) Range: SA: e Colombia to Guyana, and w Amazonia
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A large (40 cm.) Amazon parrot.


Lilac-crowned Amazon (Amazona finschi) Endangered Range: MA: w Mexico Barranca el Choncho, Jalisco, Mexico
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.

Similar to the Red-crowned Amazon found in northeast Mexico.

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St. Vincent Amazon (Amazona guildingii) Vulnerable Range: NA: St. Vincent

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Imperial Amazon (Amazona imperialis) Critically Endangered Range: NA: Dominica


Kawall's Amazon (Amazona kawalli) Range: SA: Amazonian Brazil 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.


Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala leucocephala) Near Threatened Range: NA: Cuba, Bahamas and Cayman Is. Cuba
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Scaly-naped Amazon (Amazona mercenarius canipalliata) Range: SA: Venezuela to Bolivia 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) Range: MA, SA: w Panama to e Peru and n Bolivia Selva Park Hotel, Cacoal, Brazil
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Additional photo.


Yellow-headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix) Endangered Range: MA: s Mexico and Belize
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Red-spectacled Amazon (Amazona pretrei) Vulnerable Range: SA: s Brazil Parque das Aves, Brazil
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

From front.


Red-browed Amazon (Amazona rhodocorytha) Vulnerable Range: SA: e, se Brazil Sooretama reserve, Espirito Santo state, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Tucuman Amazon (Amazona tucumana) Vulnerable Range: SA: s Bolivia and nw Argentina
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Hispaniolan Amazon (Amazona ventralis) Vulnerable Range: NA: Hispaniola
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St. Lucia Amazon (Amazona versicolor) Vulnerable Range: NA: St. Lucia


Vinaceous-breasted Amazon (Amazona vinacea) Endangered Range: SA: e Paraguay to se Brazil
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Red-crowned Amazon (Amazona viridigenalis) Endangered Range: MA: ne Mexico United States
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Similar to the Lilac-crowned Amazon found on the west coast.

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Puerto Rican Amazon (Amazona vittata) Critically Endangered Range: NA: Puerto Rico


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