Amazona barbadensis

(Gmelin, 1788)

Vernacular names
English : Yellow-shouldered amazon
French : Amazone à épaulettes jaunes

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Psittaciformes
Family : Psittacidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
The species grows to 33 cm in length. Small parrot with dark to bright green plumage with dark edges on nape and belly feathers. White forehead, blue lower cheeks, clear bill. Amount of yellow and white on face variable, cheeks sometimes almost entirely yellow.

Range and habitat
This species occurs as isolated populations in coastal Venezuela, also found on Margarita, La Blanquilla, Bonaire and Curaçao. Lives in dry lowland with cacti, thornbush and scrubs, with nearby denser woodland.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : NEAR THREATENED
CITES : Appendix I
Status : The species has a small range and has suffered from loss of habitat (from human activities) and overexploitation for the pet trade on a global scale.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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