Scaly-naped Amazon (Amazona mercenarius) | Photos, Calls and ID

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ForestLarge · 340 g

Scaly-naped Amazon (Amazona mercenarius), photo 3 — Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Scaly-naped Amazon (Amazona mercenarius), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Guy Babineau, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Scaly-naped Amazon (Amazona mercenarius), photo 5 — Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Scaly-naped Amazon (Amazona mercenarius), photo 6 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Scaly-naped Amazon (Amazona mercenarius), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Scaly-naped Amazon (Amazona mercenarius), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Zac Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Scaly-naped Amazon (Amazona mercenarius), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Scaly-naped Amazon (Amazona mercenarius), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Scaly-naped Amazon sounds like

Sonogram of the Scaly-naped Amazon: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Flight call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Ventanilla, Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Flight call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Ventanilla-Christopher Parson trail, Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Flight call · Zamora-Chinchipe: camp on Ventanilla-Christopher Parson trail, Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Adults are 34 cm (13.2) long and weigh 300 g (10.5 oz). Nominate forms are bright green in color, with dark green feathers tinged a dull blue/black and tipped with a dull black from the crown to the nape. The eyes are red with a pale gray eye-ring. The first to third secondary wing feathers have red bases, with the remaining wing feathers having green bases. The carpal edge is yellow mixed with red and orange. The tail is green with a yellow-green band, with the side tail feather being banded red and blue-purple and the outermost tail feather being margined with blue-purple. Voice: It makes a variety of calls and vocalizations. One of the most common is a repeated ka-lee.

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When to see the Scaly-naped 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 Scaly-naped Amazon

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela Bolivia

About the Scaly-naped Amazon

The scaly-naped amazon, also known as the scaly-naped parrot, mercenary amazon, Tschudi's amazon, mountain parrot, or gray-naped amazon is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is found along the Andes in the northern part of South America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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Easily confused with

Cuban AmazonAmazona leucocephalaThe Cuban amazon is a medium-sized parrot 28–33 centimetres (11–13 in) long.

Lilac-crowned AmazonAmazona finschiThe plumage of an adult lilac-crowned amazon is primarily green with yellowish underparts and black edging.

Yellow-headed AmazonAmazona oratrixThe yellow-headed amazon averages 38–43 centimetres (15–17 in) long.

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