The orange-winged amazon, also known locally as orange-winged parrot and loro guaro, is a large amazon parrot. It is a resident breeding bird in tropical South America, from Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil. Its habitat is forest and semi-open country. Although common, it is persecuted as an agricultural pest and by capture for the pet trade. It is also hunted as a food source. Introduced breeding populations have been reported in Puerto Rico and Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
Image: Loro guaro (Amazona amazonica), Quito, Ecuador, 2015 07 22, DD 180
Image: Orange winged parrots (Amazona amazonica tobagensis)
Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden
Amazon parrots are parrots in the genus Amazona. They are medium-sized, short-tailed parrots native to the Americas, with their range extending from South America to Mexico and the Caribbean. Amazona is one of the 92 genera of parrots that make up the order Psittaciformes and is in the family Psittacidae, one of three families of true parrots. It contains about thirty species. Most amazons are predominantly green, with accenting colors that depend on the species, and they can be quite vivid. They feed primarily on seeds, nuts, and fruits, supplemented by leafy matter.
Amazon parrot
Festive amazon (Amazona festiva), color illustration by Keulemans, 1891
Color drawing of an unidentified Jamaican parrot, possibly belonging to this genus, 1764
A. autumnalis salvini (red-lored parrot) feeding