Yellow-lored Amazon |
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Also known as: Yellow-lored Parrot, Yucatan Amazon or Parrot
Yellow-lored Amazon
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Genus: Amazona | Species: xantholora
Size:
26cm (10 in)
Weight:
200-232g (7-8.1 oz)
Subspecies including nominate:
one
Colour Adult:
Male-green plumage, with feathers strongly edged dusty black; white forehead and forecrown; yellow lores; area around eyes to upper cheeks red; ear coverts black; primary coverts red; tail green with red at base. Bill dull yellow. Eye ring pale grey. Eye yellow/brown. Female-soft blue forehead and forecrown; faint red underneath eye to upper cheeks; ear coverts dark grey; green primary coverts intermixed with red.
Colour Juvenile:
As in adult female but with yellow lores scattered with green; upper cheeks green with sprinkling of red. Eye grey.
Call:
Calls loud and varied. Include squealing, barking, harsh crack, crack notes, loud trilling notes, short sharp sounds and trumpeting notes.
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Content Sources:
CITES
BirdLife International
A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
ML Media Collection Catalogue 133165, Yellow-lored Parrot Amazona xantholora, Andersen, Michael, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Mar. 15 2003, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Site
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006. 2010 edition
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.
Genus Amazona, Stoodley and Stoodley, 1990.
Yellow-lored Amazon
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Captive Status:
Rare
Longevity:
Not recorded.
Housing:
Aviary or suspended cage, minimum length 3m (9.8 ft).
Diet:
Fruit such as: apple, pear, orange, cactus fruits, bananas, pomegranate, etc, forming about 30 percent of the diet; vegetables such as: carrots, celery, green beans and peas, fresh corn; green leaves such as: Swiss chard, lettuce, sowthistle, dandelion, chickweed, etc; spray millet; small seed mix: canary, millet, small amounts of oats, buckwheat, safflower; limited sunflower seed, dry, soaked or sprouted; cooked beans or pulses, boiled maize, and complete kibble.
Enrichment:
Not recorded.
Nest Box Size:
12" x 12" x 24" (30.5cm x 30.5cm x 61cm) vertical box
Clutch Size:
4 or 5
Incubation Time:
26 days
Fledging Age:
7 or 8 weeks.
Hatch Weight:
Not recorded.
Peak Weight:
Not recorded.
Weaning Weight:
Not recorded.
Yellow-lored Amazon
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Related publications: Amazona xantholoraSpecies Wild Status
World Population:
20,000-50,000
IUCN Red List Status:
Least Concern
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
Threat Summary:
This Amazon is considered Threatened under Mexican law due to its restricted range and human-generated threats. This is also a species of high concern to Partners in Flight (Berlanga et al. 2010). In addition to being affected by habitat loss, it is threatened by trapping for the bird trade, which although illegal in Mexico, continues.
Range:
Found in Yucatan Peninsula and lsla Cozumel, SE Mexico, and N Belize.
Habitat:
Found mainly below 300m (984 ft) in more open, drier deciduous scrub forest and Pinus woodland; has overlap with White-fronted Amazon.
Wild Diet:
Mainly unknown but presumably feeds on a variety of seeds, fruits, blossoms, nuts, legumes, and crops.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Found in flocks, in groups of up to 1500 birds. Mostly feed in tree tops.
Clutch and Egg Size:
4 or 5
Breeding Season:
March, Yucatan Peninsula; April-May, Belize. Nest is in tree hollow or stump.
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