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Alternative name: Blue-cheeked Amazon

Amazona dufresniana

[edit] Identification

34 cm

• Green plumage
• Blue cheeks
• Yellow-orange wing patch
• Yellowish crown
• Orange lores

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in south-eastern Venezuela (Gran Sabana) to the Guianas and possibly adjacent Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1], formerly considered conspecific with Red-browed Parrot^[2].

[edit] Habitat

Rainforest, cloud forest and savanna woodlands up to 1700m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia
4. Avian Web

• List of references

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