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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
25/05/2024 02:07:30 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
VU
Yellow-shouldered Amazon*
Id (Atlas):
Amazona barbadensis
Description (10 )
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
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Other Names (World)
Yellow-shouldered Amazon, Yellow-shouldered Parrot
Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)
Size
33 - 36 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Gmelin, 1788)
Habitat
Xerophytic vegetation, desert shrublands dominated by cacti and low thorn-bushes or trees. From sea-level - 450 m.
Aruba (E) (B), Netherlands Antilles (B), Venezuela (B).
Northern Venezuela and islands of Margarita and La Blanquilla; also Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles).
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
Habitat destruction through tourist and associated developments, trapping for the cage-bird trade are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Noisy and raucous, including a dry rattling 'screeet' and a trilling 'scree-ee-ee-ak'.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files
Listen to XC669348
Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis ) [XC669348 ]
by id from Lake Goto, Bonaire, Netherlands (call)
Listen to XC218353
Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis ) [XC218353 ]
by Joost van Bruggen from Foothills of Serrania de San Luis, Falcon, Venezuela (call)
Subspecies
Sometimes placed in genus Chrysotis .
Proposed subspecies rothschildi for Caribbean islands invalid.
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Yellow-shouldered Amazon see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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