Parrots (Psittacidae)
Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis) - HBW 4, p. 473
French: Amazone à épaulettes jaunes
German: Gelbflügelamazone
Spanish: Amazona Hombrogualda
Other common names: Yellow-shouldered Parrot
Taxonomy: Psittacus barbadensis J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Barbados; error = Venezuela.
Sometimes placed in genus Chrysotis. Proposed race rothschildi for Caribbean islands invalid. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Venezuela and islands of Margarita and La Blanquilla; also Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles).
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Two birds perched Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 4 years ago 25 sec 4.2
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An adult Yellow-shouldered Amazon sits on a cactus eating seeds from the spiny fruit that gives this plant, which are a source v
Locality El Horcón, Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta State, Venezuela
luisgerardogonzalezbruzual 25 September 2007 2 years ago 3.6 -
Two birds feeding in a bush
Locality Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 22 March 2008 3 years ago 3
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