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Double Yellow Headed Parrot

Amazona oratrix

Description:

Measuring 38–43 centimetres (15–17 in) in length, it is a stocky short-tailed green parrot with a yellow head. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Yellow-crowned Amazon. It is a popular pet and an excellent talker. The body is bright green, with yellow on the head, dark scallops on the neck, red at the bend of the wing, and yellow thighs. The flight feathers are blackish to bluish violet with a red patch on the outer secondaries. The base of the tail also has a red patch, which is usually hidden. The outer tail feathers have yellowish tips

Habitat:

It prefers to live in mangrove forests or forests near rivers or other bodies of water. It lives in Mexico and Northern Central America' This species lives in riparian forest and areas with scattered trees, as well as evergreen forest in Belize and mangroves in Guatemala. It occurs in singly or in pairs, in small groups, and occasionally in big flocks. The range formerly included both coastal slopes of Mexico from the Tres Marías Islands and Jalisco to Oaxaca and from Nuevo León to northern Chiapas and southwestern Tabasco, as well as a disjunct area including most of Belize, and another comprising a small part of northeastern Guatemala and northwestern Honduras

Notes:

It is an endangered amazon parrot of Mexico and northern Central America. Wild birds give low-pitched, sometimes human-sounding screams, but often fly silently (unlike many other parrots). The calls can be described as "a rolled kyaa-aa-aaah and krra-aah-aa-ow, a deep, rolled ahrrrr or ahrhrrrr," .

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1 Comment

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

I have moved this to pets for you.

North Kirkwood Middle School
Spotted by a stud ent at North Kirkwood Middle School

Illinois, USA

Spotted on Dec 25, 2012
Submitted on Apr 4, 2013

Spotted for Mission

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