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St. Lucia Amazon
Also Known As: St. Lucia Parrot, Blue-masked Amazon, Versicolor Amazon
St. Lucia Amazon
Credit: © World Parrot Trust
Species Profile
Genus:Amazona
Species:
versicolor
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
|---|---|
| 43cm (16.8 in) | 700-800g (24.5-28 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults generally green plumage, with feathers tipped black; purple/blue forehead, lores and forecrown, merging into paler blue on hindcrown, ear coverts and upper cheeks; red stripe across foreneck, reaching to upper breast; green feathers on lower breast, widely edged red/brown and tipped with black; feathers of upper abdomen red/brown with green bases and tipped with dusty black; red outer secondary feathers turning to purple/blue near tips, the inner secondaries green turning to purple/blue toward tips; carpal edge yellow/green; tail green with hidden red markings at base. Bill grey. Eye ring grey, eye orange.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but duller. Bill grey. Eye brown.
Call: Calls are raucous, harsh screeching while in flight. Occasional series of shrill squawks. Also high-pitched cackling or soft purring while feeding or preening.
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Content Sources:
Article "Species Management Guidelines," by Nadja Ziegler http://www.zoolex.org/publication/ziegler/amazona.pdf
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust - St. Lucia Amazon/Parrot
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1687&m=0
ARKive http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/birds/Amazona_versicolor/more_moving_images.html
xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
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