Stats

Lifespan: 50-70 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Tropical dry forest
Range: North America
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Endangered

About

The Red-crowned Amazon is a stocky green parrot native to northeastern Mexico, instantly recognised by the vivid scarlet patch blazing across the top of its head. Once considered endangered in its native range, it has established thriving feral flocks across cities like Los Angeles and Miami, where it nests in palm trees and fills neighbourhoods with raucous, far-carrying calls.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A few round white eggs are incubated deep in a tree cavity, the female rarely leaving until they hatch.
2.
hatchling
A featherless hatchling is fed regurgitated food by both parents inside a tree cavity.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges with duller plumage than the adults, learning to crack seeds and to call.
4.
adult
Fully grown with bright adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Amazona
Species: Amazona viridigenalis