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Red-crowned Amazon

Amazona viridigenalis

The Red-crowned Amazon is a colorful parrot with a bright green body and a red crown on its head. These playful birds love to chatter and can even mimic sounds they hear!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Red-crowned Amazon is a vibrant green parrot with a striking red forehead and crown, bordered by a blue patch behind the eyes. Its wings display hints of red and blue, adding to its colorful appearance.

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Red-crowned Amazon
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Red-crowned Amazon

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Red-crowned Amazons often form huge flocks of hundreds of birds!

Their scientific name means 'green-cheeked' even with their red crown!

These parrots build their nests safely inside hollow tree trunks.

They can hang upside down like acrobats to reach tasty fruits!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Nutcracker Beak

Red-crowned Amazon has a powerful, hooked beak that helps them crack open tough nuts and seeds with ease.

Fähigkeit

Climbing Claws

Red-crowned Amazon can use its strong zygodactyl feet to grip branches and climb trees agilely while foraging.

Fähigkeit

Loud Calls

Red-crowned Amazon can produce loud squawks and screeches that help them communicate across dense forest canopies.

Maße und Details

Länge
30-33 cm
Flügelspannweite
50-60 cm
Gewicht
0.27-0.35 kg
Lebenserwartung
20-50 Jahre
Top Speed
55 km/h
Gelegegröße
2-4
Brutzeit
27-29 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These colorful parrots mainly enjoy a feast of fruits, seeds, nuts, and flowers.

Hauptnahrung

  • Seeds
  • Fruits
  • Nuts
  • Flowers
  • Leaf buds

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

A common bird of prey that can hunt these parrots.

eats

Amate fig

Ficus insipida

They forage on the fruits of various fig species.

eats

Spanish Cedar

Cedrela odorata

Their diet includes seeds from this native tree species.

shelters

Live Oak

Quercus oleoides

They often nest in natural cavities within old oak trees.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Amazon ParrotGreen Parrot

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to touch them in the wild.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Red-crowned Amazon?

30-33 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Red-crowned Amazon?

50-60 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Red-crowned Amazon?

0.27-0.35 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Red-crowned Amazon?

20-50 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Red-crowned Amazon?

55 km/h

Was frisst Red-crowned Amazon?

These colorful parrots mainly enjoy a feast of fruits, seeds, nuts, and flowers.

Wo findet man Red-crowned Amazon normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Red-crowned Amazon?

Foraging

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