Bird name:

Red-crowned Parrot

Amazona viridigenalis

Order

PSITTACIFORMES

Family

Parakeets and Parrots (Psittacidae)

Code 4

RCPA

Code 6

AMAVIG

ITIS

177806

Breeding Location:

Forest

Breeding Type:

Monogamous

Breeding Population:

Rare

Egg Color:

White

Number of Eggs:

2 - 5

Incubation Days:

25 - 31

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

No nest materials.

Migration:

Nonmigratory

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General

Red-crowned Parrot: Medium-sized parrot with dark-scaled, green upperparts and paler green underparts. Forehead, crown, and lores are bright red (bases of feathers yellow). Sides of neck are violet blue. First five outer secondaries are red with violet blue tips; primaries are black and slightly tinged with dark blue on tips. Bill is yellow-pink; legs are gray. Female has less red on crown.

Range and Habitat

Red-crowned Parrot: Native to northeastern Mexico in pine-oak ridges and tropical forests of canyons. Feral populations are established in southern California, Texas, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Florida.

Breeding and Nesting

Red-crowned Parrot: Two to five white eggs are laid in a tree cavity with no lining or other material added. Both parents search for a nest cavity, but the female makes the final selection.

Foraging and Feeding

Red-crowned Parrot: Eats a variety of fruits, including ebony, strangler fig, coma, and anacua, seeds (including pine seeds), nuts, berries, buds, and flowers. Usually lands on higher parts of tree crown, moving towards most profitable areas on tree; occasionally feeds in bushes; forages in flocks or in pairs. A messy eater, holding fruit in its feet and taking only a bite or two before dropping it to the ground.

Readily Eats

Berries, Nuts, Fruit, Seeds, Flowers, Buds

Vocalization

Red-crowned Parrot: Makes a squawking, harsh "kee-crah-crah-crah" and a smooth "rreeoo" or "heeeyo."

Similar Species

Red-crowned Parrot: Other green parrots lack red crowns and foreheads.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Crown

The crown is the top part of the birds head.

Outer secondaries

The outer secondaries are the secondary feathers of the wing furthest away from the body.

Primaries

The primaries are the flight feathers specialized for flight. They are attached to the "hand" equivalent part of the wing.

Secondaries

Flight feathers that are attached to the wing in the area similar to the human forearm and between the body and the primaries.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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