Birds of Nicaragua BETA

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Genus: Amazona (4 species, 33 worldwide)

Genus Amazona, Amazon Parrots, are large stocky mostly green parrots with broad wings and short tails. They travel in noisy flocks.


White-fronted Amazon
White-fronted Amazon (Amazona albifrons)
Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-naped Amazon
Yellow-naped Amazon (Amazona auropalliata) Endangered
  		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Red-lored Amazon
Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis salvini)
Colombia
  Green-cheeked race found below Nicaragua. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Red-lored Amazon
Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis autumnalis)
Guatemala
  The yellow-cheeked race found in northern central America. 		   
Photograph by Robert Lewis   © All Rights Reserved.
The race from Mexico to Nicaragua has a yellow cheek. A tiny bit thinner, smaller than most Amazon parrots.

Northern Mealy Amazon
Northern Mealy Amazon (Amazona guatemalae virenticeps) Near Threatened
Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.
Typical stocky green Amazon parrot but with blue crown.

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