Lilac-crowned Amazon
| Lilac-crowned Amazon | |
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| At Xcaret Eco Park, Mexico | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Subfamily: | Arinae |
| Tribe: | Androglossini |
| Genus: | Amazona |
| Species: | A. finschi |
| Binomial name | |
| Amazona finschi (Sclater, 1864) | |
The Lilac-crowned Amazon (Amazona finschi) is a parrot endemic to the Pacific slopes of Mexico. Also known as Finsch's Amazon, the parrot is characterized by green plumage, a maroon forehead, and violet-blue crown. Their coloring resembles that of the Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis, though the Lilac-crowned Amazon is less vibrant.
The binomial of this bird commemorates the German naturalist and explorer Otto Finsch.
In 2006, BirdLife International classified this species as Vulnerable.
Description
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Lilac-crowned Amazon is medium sized mainly green parrot. It has a maroon forehead, a violet-blue crown, and a bone colored beak. They resemble the Red-crowned Amazon (Amazona viridigenalis) though the Lilac-crowned Amazon is less vibrant.
Feral populations
There are feral populations of this bird in several counties in southern California. It has been observed in residential and suburban areas, but also in native coniferous forest in the San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA.[2]
Aviculture
Hand reared Lilac-crowned Amazons can be quite friendly in captivity and can learn quite a vocabulary, even though they are not known as talkers. They make good companion parrots.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Amazona finschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ California Parrot Project: Lilac-crowned Parrot
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lilac-crowned Amazon. |
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Wikispecies has information related to: Amazona finschi |
- BirdLife species factsheet for Amazona finschi
- Lilac-crowned Amazon videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
- Lilac-crowned Amazon photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
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