Blue-cheeked amazon

The blue-cheeked amazon (Amazona dufresniana), also known as blue-cheeked parrot or Dufresne's amazon, is a parrot found in northeast South America in eastern Venezuela, the Guianas and possibly far northern Brazil. It lives in forest and savanna woodlands up to 1,700 m (5,600 ft).

Blue-cheeked amazon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Amazona
Species:
A. dufresniana
Binomial name
Amazona dufresniana
(Shaw, 1812)

Description

It is about 34 cm (13 in) long. Its coloring is mostly green, with blue cheeks from around the eye to the neck (less on young), a yellow-orange wing speculum, a yellowish crown, and orange lores (the region between the eye and bill on the side of a bird's head).

The binomial of this species commemorates the French zoologist Louis Dufresne. Now monotypic, it formerly included the red-browed amazon as a subspecies.

This species appears to live in pairs in the interior of tropical and subtropical forests while breeding. During the summer, Blue-Cheeked Amazon parrots migrate in flocks of varying size to coastal areas.[2]

In July and August, Blue-cheeked amazons move irregularly to coastal regions. [3]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Amazona dufresniana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "The blue-cheeked amazon Amazona dufresniana: a review". Bird Conservation International. 65 (1): 95. 1993. doi:10.1016/0006-3207(93)90229-T.
  3. "The blue-cheeked amazon Amazona dufresniana: a review". Bird Conservation International. 65 (1): 95. 1993. doi:10.1016/0006-3207(93)90229-T.
  • Juniper & Parr (1998) Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World; ISBN 0-300-07453-0.


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