Description

The Yellow-shouldered Parrot, also known as the Yellow-shouldered Amazon, is green, with yellow head and shoulder patches, white forehead and a red flash on its wings. The Yellow-shouldered Parrot has a bluish tinge on its lower cheek and chin and its wings are tipped with dark blue (1). The average body length is about 33cm from head to tail tip (2).

Behaviour
Yellow-shouldered Parrots mostly eat fruit, seeds and cactus flowers. They are highly sociable birds and roost communally in tall trees, with as many as 700 birds together (4). They have a curious, inquisitive and playful nature (3). Yellow-shouldered Parrots are very noisy; they make dry rattling and trilling calls (1).