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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!

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

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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Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 30-33 cm
Envergadura: 50-60 cm
Peso: 0.27-0.35 kg
Esperanza de vida: 20-50 años
Top Speed: 55 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 2-4
Incubación: 27-29 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

Seeds
Fruits
Nuts
Flowers
Leaf buds

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.