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Blue-crownd Mealy Amazone

Amazona farinosa guatemalae

Description:

Green parrot with blue forehead, yellow tail and some red in the inside of the wings.

Habitat:

Lacandon rainforest.

2 Species ID Suggestions

The Blue-fronted Amazon
Amazona aestiva
Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago
Mealy Parrot
(Amazona farinosa)


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8 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Gilma.

That is a beauty, LuisStevens

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Jellis and Bayucca for the ID and the links.

Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago

Thank you bayucca for narrowing it down.

Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago

Did see yellow on the tail of this Mealy.
http://birds.audubon.org/birds/mealy-par...

Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago

Looks closer to the Mealy but neither species has the yellow tail this one has. The Blue-fronted has yellow on the face and shoulder on the wing. This spotting lacks the yellow in both places.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Lenny Worthington for the ID.

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 11, 2013
Submitted on Mar 28, 2014

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