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ForestCavity nestLarge · 370 g
What the Orange-winged Amazon sounds like
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The orange-winged amazon is a mainly green parrot about 33 cm (13 in) long and weighing about 340 g. It has blue and yellow feathers on its head which varies in extent between individuals. The upper mandible is partly horn colored (gray) and partly dark-gray. It has orange feathers in the wings and tail, which can be seen when in flight. The male and female are identical in external appearance.
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When to see the Orange-winged Amazon
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Orange-winged Amazon
The map shades 19 countries with regular records, and 5 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Spain, United Kingdom, Portugal, Guadeloupe, Germany.
About the Orange-winged Amazon
The orange-winged amazon, also known as orange-winged parrot and loro guaro, is a large amazon parrot. It is a resident breeding bird in tropical South America, from Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil. Its habitat is forest and semi-open country. Although common, it is persecuted as an agricultural pest and by capture for the pet trade. It is also hunted as a food source. Introduced breeding populations have been reported in Puerto Rico and Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-crowned AmazonAmazona ochrocephalaSubspecies in the nominate group (including subspecies xantholaema, nattereri and panamensis) have a total length of 33–38 cm (14–15 in).
Red-crowned AmazonAmazona viridigenalisTheir 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.
Turquoise-fronted AmazonAmazona aestivaThe blue-fronted amazon is a mainly green parrot about 38 cm (15 in) long.
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