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Red-crowned Amazon vs Turquoise-fronted Amazon

Red-crowned Amazon (Amazona viridigenalis)

Red-crowned Amazon

Amazona viridigenalis

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Their appearance is generally green with the most notable features being a bright red forehead and crown, dark blue streak behind the eyes, and light green cheeks. It is not uncommon for red-crowned amazons to have splashes of red and blue under their wings and have light yellow-tipped tails. They have a white eye-ring which brings out their eyes. Their iris color can range from a bright yellow to a deep red, although juveniles' eyes are gray until maturity. Red-crowned amazons usually have horn colored beaks and ceres but these can sometimes have black highlights.

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Turquoise-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva)

Turquoise-fronted Amazon

Amazona aestiva

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The blue-fronted amazon is a mainly green parrot about 38 cm (15 in) long. They have blue feathers on the forehead above the beak and yellow on the face and crown. Distribution of blue and yellow varies greatly among individuals. Unlike most other Amazona parrots, its beak is mostly black. There is no overt sexual dimorphism to the human eye, but analysis of the feathers using spectrometry, a method which allows the plumage to be seen as it would be by a parrot's tetrachromatic vision, shows clear differences between the plumage of the sexes.

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Photo: derivative work: Snowmanradio (talk) Blue-fronted_Amazon_(Amazona_aestiva)_-8.jpg: mauroguanandi · CC BY 2.0

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