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The red-lored amazon is 32–35 centimetres (13–14 in) in length, with a weight of 310–480 g. The plumage is primarily green, with a red forehead and, in some subspecies, yellow cheeks (sometimes with red spots). The crown is blue. Adult males and females do not differ in plumage. Juveniles have less yellow on the cheeks, less red on the forehead, and dark irises.
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When to see the Red-lored 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 Red-lored Amazon
The map shades 13 countries with regular records, and 1 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 Jamaica.
About the Red-lored Amazon
The red-lored amazon or red-lored parrot is a species of amazon parrot, native to tropical regions of the Americas, from eastern Mexico south to Ecuador where it occurs in humid evergreen to semi-deciduous forests up to 1,100 m altitude. It is absent from the Pacific side of Central America north of Costa Rica. Not originally known from El Salvador, a pair - perhaps escaped from captivity - nested successfully in 1995 and 1996 in the outskirts of San Salvador and the species might expand its range permanently into that country in the future. This species has also established feral populations in several California cities.
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Easily confused with
White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifronsThe white-fronted amazon, at about 25 cm (9.8 in) long, is the smallest of the amazon parrots.
Mealy AmazonAmazona farinosaThe mealy amazon has a total length of about 38–41 cm (15–16 in) and weighs 540–700 g (19–25 oz).
Orange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonicaThe orange-winged amazon is a mainly green parrot about 33 cm (13 in) long and weighing about 340 g.
Side by side: Red-lored Amazon vs White-fronted Amazon · Mealy Amazon vs Red-lored Amazon · Orange-winged Amazon vs Red-lored Amazon
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