- Amazona oratrix
Includes: Tres Marias Amazon
Identification
38–43 cm. Bright green, yellow head, dark scallops on neck, red at the bend of the wing, yellow thighs, flight feathers are blackish to bluish violet with a red patch on the outer secondaries, base of the tail also has a red patch, outer tail feathers have yellowish tips, horn coloured bill, white or grey eyering.
Distribution
Mexico and northern Central America.
Taxonomy
- A. o. tresmariae on Tres Marias Islands (off western Mexico) - sometimes accepted as full species, Tres Marias Amazon or Tres Marias Parrot
- A. o. belizensis in Belize
- A. o. caribaea on Bay Islands off Honduras
- A. o. parvipes from coastal northeast Honduras to northeast Nicaragua
- A. o.x hondurensis in northern Honduras
- A. o. oratrix on the pacific slope of southern and northeastern Mexico and in the Gulf lowlands
It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Yellow-crowned Amazon.
Habitat
Mangrove forests or forests near rivers or other bodies of water.
Behaviour
They nest in holes in tree trunks or fallen branches.
The diet includes fruit, seeds, and nuts.
