Lilac-crowned Parrot

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

Codes: Common Name: LCPA Scientific Name: AMAFIN ITIS Taxonomic No.: 554925

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Lilac-crowned Parrot

Lilac-crowned Parrot: Medium green parrot, pale purple crown, red forehead. In flight shows blue-black trim on flight feathers and large red patch on secondaries. Hooked bill is dull yellow. Legs, feet are blue-gray. Feeds on fruits and seeds. Native to pacific coastal Mexico. AKA Finsch's Amazon.

● Song: "kree-kree"

● Foraging & Feeding: Lilac-crowned Parrot: Poorly known, but travels in pairs or loose flocks and has been noted feeding on figs and seeds.

● Breeding & nesting: Lilac-crowned Parrot: Lays two or three white eggs in February in a tree cavity. Female incubates eggs for 28 days, and young leave the nest at 60 days.

● Similar species: Lilac-crowned Parrot: Red-crowned Parrot has more red on head and blue instead of purple on the crown. Red-lored Parrot has yellow cheeks and shorter tail.

Flight Pattern

Fairly shallow rapid wingbeats.

● Range & Habitat: Lilac-crowned Parrot: Inhabits forested slopes and mountains along nearly the full length of western Mexico, but populations are seriously diminished due to deforestation and the pet trade. Small numbers of escaped cage birds are now established in Los Angeles, California, south Texas, and Florida.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^Population

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight11 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.

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