Yellow-shouldered Amazon Parrots
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The Yellow-shouldered Amazon is green, about 33 cm long, with yellow patches on the head and shoulders, and a red patch on the wing. The yellow shoulder patch and extensive yellow on the head distinguish it from other Amazon Parrot species which have red on the shoulder and restricted yellow on the head.
Yellow-shouldered Amazons as Pets:
Yellow-Shouldered Amazons are rare Amazons with engaging personalities. They are inquisitive and curious to the point of being "nosy" and their gentle nature only adds to their charm. Always playful, Yellow Shoulders are active Amazons that require a cage stocked with toys. They can be quite the acrobats so swings and hanging toys are also a must.
Yellow Shoulders can become accomplished talkers and are usually very outgoing. Our breeding pairs of Yellow Shoulders always have words for us as we service their flight.
Yellow Shoulders, like all Amazons adore a bath and will display and talk nonstop as they bathe under the spray of warm water. Curious as they are, Yellow Shoulders will quickly investigate anything placed in their food bowls so feeding a proper diet is very important. Yellow Shoulders are rare Amazons and are listed on Appendix I of CITES. We occasionally offer them as life-long companions (Source: R&B Aviary.com - Breeder & Parrot Connoisseur)
Distribution & Natural Habitat:
The Yellow-shouldered Parrot or Yellow-shouldered Amazon is a parrot of the genus Amazona that is a resident breeder in the arid areas of northern Venezuela, the Venezuelan islands of Margarita and La Blanquilla, and the island of Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles). It has become extinct on Aruba and possibly also on Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles).
The Yellow-shouldered Parrot nests in a tree hole and lays 3-4 eggs. It is highly gregarious when not breeding, forming flocks of up to 100 birds.
The call of this species is a rolling cur'r'r'k.
There are probably around a thousand Yellow-shouldered Parrots in existence. They feed on fruits, seeds, and cactus flowers.
The threats to this parrot are the cage bird trade and habitat degradation due to overgrazing by goats. (Source: Wikipedia.org)
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Species: Scientific: Amazona barbadensis barbadensis ... English: Yellow-shouldered Amazon ... Dutch: Geelvleugelamazone, Geelschouderamazone ... German: Gelbschulteramazone ... French: Amazone à épaulettes jaunes 
Sub-Species: barbadensis, rothschildi CITES I - Protected Species Distribution: Coast of Venezuela, Aruba in the Netherlands Antilles Related Websites: Lexicon of Parrots
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Sub-species:
Rothschild's Amazons: Species: Scientific: Amazona barbadensis rothschildi ... English: Rothschild's Amazon ... Dutch: Rothschilds Geelvleugelamazone ... German: Rothschilds Gelbschulteramazone ... French: Petite amazone à épaulettes jaunes CITES I - Protected Species
Distribution: Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles, Islands Coast Venezuela
Related Websites: Lexicon of Parrots (Please scroll down to no. 2 - click on link to view photo.)
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