Yellow-lored Amazon
Also known as:
Yellow-lored Parrot, Yucatan Amazon or Parrot
Also known as:
Yellow-lored Parrot, Yucatan Amazon or Parrot
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Yellow-lored Amazons roost and sleep in large groups; in some cases of more than 1500 individuals.
Size:
26 cm (10 in)
Weight:
200-232 g (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. Beak 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.
More Information:
Content Sources:
CITES
BirdLife International
A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
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.
Captive Status:
Rare
Longevity:
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Housing:
Aviary or suspended cage, minimum length 3 m (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:
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Nest Box Size:
12″ x 12″ x 24″ (30.5 cm x 30.5 cm x 61 cm) vertical box
Clutch Size:
4 or 5
Fledging Age:
7 or 8 weeks.
Hatch Weight:
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Peak Weight:
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Weaning Weight:
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World Population:
20,000-50,000 mature individuals, decreasing.
IUCN Red List Status:
Least Concern
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
Threat Summary:
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. In addition to being affected by habitat loss, it is threatened by trapping for the bird trade, which although illegal in Mexico, continues. Over the past three generations (23.7 years), 17% of its forest range has been lost. Along with forests, the species also occupies forest edges, secondary growth and savanna, so tree cover loss alone may not be causing significant population declines. At a low level, the species is also threatened by illegal trafficking trapping; therefore declines are tentatively 10-19% over three generations.
Range:
Found in Yucatan Peninsula and lsla Cozumel, SE Mexico, and N Belize.
Habitat:
Found mainly below 300 m (984 ft) in more open, drier deciduous scrub forest and Pinus woodland; overlaps 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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