Red-crowned Parrot

Amazona viridigenalisOrder: PSITTACIFORMES Family: Parakeets and Parrots (Psittacidae)

Codes: Common Name: RCPA Scientific Name: AMAVIG ITIS Taxonomic No.: 177806

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Red-crowned Parrot

Red-crowned Parrot: Medium parrot, dark-scaled, green upperparts and pale green underparts. Bright red forehead, crown, lores. 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. Yellow-pink bill.

● Song: "kee-crah-crah-crah", "rreeeoo", "heeeyo"

● Foraging & 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.

● Breeding & 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.

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

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight on rapidly beating wings., Shallow wing strokes as if "falling” from air.

● Range & 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.

^BreedingMonogamous

^PopulationRare

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight10.4 Ounces

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.

Field Guide to Birds of North America