Alternative name: Yellow-shouldered Parrot
- Amazona barbadensis
Identification
33 cm (13 in)
- Green overall plumage
- Yellow patches on head and shoulders
- White forehead
- Red wing patch
Distribution
South America: found in coastal northern Venezuela and a few islands north of Venezuela like Bonaire of the Netherlands Antilles.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Dry cactus scrubland and thornbush.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of fruits, seeds, and cactus flowers.
Breeding
They nest in a hole in a tree, cactus or on a cliff. Their clutch consists of 1-6 eggs.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Yellow-shouldered Amazon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-shouldered_Amazon
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1
