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Cuban Amazon

Amazona leucocephala

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedOmnivoreForestCavity nestMedium · 235 g
Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala), photo 1
Photo: Thomas Brown · CC BY 2.0
Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala), photo 2
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala), photo 3
Photo: Simon J. Tonge · CC BY 3.0
Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala), photo 4
Photo: Thomas Brown · CC BY 2.0
Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala), photo 5
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala), photo 6
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala), photo 7
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala), photo 8
Photo: Thomas Brown · CC BY 2.0
Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala), photo 9
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala), photo 10
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0

ID tip

The Cuban amazon is a medium-sized parrot 28–33 centimetres (11–13 in) long. It is mainly green with some blue feathers in its wings. The green feathers are edged with a terminal black rim. Its lower face, chin and throat are rosy pink, and its forehead and eye-rings are white. The extent of the various colours of the head, the extent of the rosy pink on the upper chest, and the extent of the dull red on the abdomen vary between the subspecies. Its irises are pale olive-green, its beak is horn-coloured, and the feathers over the ears are blackish. The legs are pink.

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When to see the Cuban Amazon

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Cuban Amazon

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Cuba Cayman Islands Bahamas

About the Cuban Amazon

The Cuban amazon, also known as the Cuban parrot and the rose-throated parrot, is a medium-sized mainly green parrot found in woodlands and dry forests of Cuba, the Bahamas and Cayman Islands in the Caribbean. Although they have been observed in the wild in Puerto Rico, they are probably the result of escaped pets, and no reproduction has been recorded.

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Easily confused with

Lilac-crowned Amazon (Amazona finschi) Lilac-crowned AmazonAmazona finschiThe plumage of an adult lilac-crowned amazon is primarily green with yellowish underparts and black edging. Yellow-headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix) Yellow-headed AmazonAmazona oratrixThe yellow-headed amazon averages 38–43 centimetres (15–17 in) long. Festive Amazon (Amazona festiva) Festive AmazonAmazona festivaThe subspecies bodini has more red to the forecrown and more blue to the face than the nominate.

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