Red-crowned Amazon

About the Red-crowned Amazon

The red-crowned amazon (Amazona viridigenalis), also known as the red-crowned parrot, green-cheeked amazon or Mexican red-headed parrot, is an endangered amazon parrot native to northeastern Mexico and possibly southern Texas in the United States. A 1994 study estimated wild populations of between 2,000 and 4,300 mature individuals; the IUCN Red List considers it a globally endangered species with a decreasing population. The main threats to the native bird's survival are the illegal export of trapped birds from Mexico to the United States for the pet trade and the destruction of their natural habitat, the lowland forests of northeastern Mexico.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name

Amazona viridigenalis

Family

New World and African Parrots

Order

Psittaciformes

Similar species

Other members of the new world and african parrots family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

• Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
• Black-capped Parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola
• Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus
• Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
• Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
• Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
• Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
• Burrowing Parakeet Cyanoliseus patagonus
• Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis
• Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
• Crimson-fronted Parakeet Psittacara finschi
• Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii