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The orange-winged amazon is a mainly green parrot about 33 cm (13 in) long and weighing about 340 g. It has blue and yellow feathers on its head which varies in extent between individuals. The upper mandible is partly horn colored (gray) and partly dark-gray. It has orange feathers in the wings and tail, which can be seen when in flight.
[34]: 150 Species such as orange-winged amazons have nine different recorded vocalizations used in different situations. However, patterns of gestural communication have been observed with the birds, thought to be used to avoid predators. [35] In general, amazon parrots are very social birds in their foraging, roosting, and nesting.
Orange-winged amazon (Amazona amazonica) 33 cm (13 in) long, mostly green, blue and yellow feathers on the head which varies in extent between individuals. The upper mandible is partly horn-coloured (grey) and partly dark grey. It has orange feathers in the wings and tail. South America [79] [80] Saint Vincent amazon (Amazona guildingii)
The yellow-shouldered amazon can be distinguished from the very similar orange-winged amazon by the latter's lack of yellow on its shoulders and blue colouration around the eyes. Another way of distinguishing it from other Amazona species is its somewhat higher pitched vocalizations.
Orange-winged amazon: A. amazonica (Linnaeus, 1766) LC: Northern South America and the southeast coast of Brazil Red-necked amazon: A. arausiaca (Müller, 1776) g VU: Central Dominica Yellow-naped amazon: A. auropalliata (Lesson, 1842) g VU: Pacific coast of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, northern Costa Rica, and southern Mexico Red-lored amazon
Trinomial name. Amazona farinosa farinosa. ( Boddaert, 1783) The southern mealy amazon or southern mealy parrot ( Amazona farinosa farinosa) is among the largest parrots in the genus Amazona, the amazon parrots. It is a mainly green parrot with a total length of 38–41 cm (15–16 in). It is native to tropical Central and South America.
The orange-winged amazon (Amazona amazonica) has been introduced to Tenerife in the Canary Islands, where it has been observed successfully hybridizing with a feral scaly-headed parrot (Pionus maximiliani) and also attempting to breed with feral monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) and rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri), even involving ...
In orange-winged amazon parrots, a heritability estimate of 1.14 ± 0.27 was found for feather-plucking, indicating that a genetic basis exists. [13] This study, however, only involved analysis of full siblings and a small number of birds, explaining the heritability value of greater than 1.