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Status in the Wild

World Population:
3000-6500

Range: Found in E Mexico. Occurs as winter visitor in Brownsville, Texas. Feral populations in California, Florida, Oahu and Puerto Rico.

Habitat:
Deciduous woodland, gallery forest and evergreen floodplain wooded areas up to 1200m (3936 ft).

Threat Summary:
Wild bird trade, damage to nesting trees when trappers destroy them to get at chicks, loss of habitat.

IUCN Rating:
Endangered

Wild Diet:
Seeds, maize, berries, beans, acorns; feral birds have adapted to local food sources.

CITES Rating:
Appendix I

Ecology:
Occurs in flocks; larger flocks in winter, sometimes mixes with Yellow-cheeked (Red-lored) and Yellow-headed Amazons. Roosts communally.

Clutch and Egg Size:
2 to 4, rounded eggs, 36 x 27 mm (1.4 x 1.0 in).

Breeding Season:
April-May

Links to Other Project(s):
http://natureali.org/parrot_project/Parrot_Project.html

More Info Sites:
http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/birds/Amazona_viridigenalis/more_info.html

http://natureali.org/parrot_project/redcrowned_parrot.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned_Amazon