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Lilac-crowned Amazon
Also Known As: Lilac-crowned Parrot, Finsch's Parrot, Pacific Parrot, Wood's Red-fronted Parrot (A.f. woodi)
Lilac-crowned Amazon perching
Credit: (c) Loretta Erickson
Species Profile
Genus:Amazona
Species:
finschi
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 33 cm (12.8 in) | 325g (11.3 oz) |
Races including nominate:
two: A.f. finschi, A.f. woodi
Colourization Adult: A.f. finschi: both adults body green, with feathers edged black; maroon forehead, forecrown and lores; back of crown to sides of nape and neck blue/lilac; bases of secondary feathers 1-5 red, the remainder green; tail green. Bill horn in colour. Eye ring pale grey, eye orange. A.f. woodi: both adults greener and less yellowish; frontal band thinner and duller.
Colourization Juvenile: Immature as in adult but duller with dark brown eye and white eye-ring and cere.
Call: Screeching while in flight.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
Central Pets http://www.centralpets.com/animals/birds/parrots/prt4306.html
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1670&m=0
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.
Avian Pediatric Seminar Proceedings, various authors, 1988.
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