Orange Wing Amazon
Amazona amazonica
Photographed at
Bird Kingdom, Niagara, Canada Feb 2012
This large Amazon parrot is endemic to South America’s tropical areas. It can easily be confused with Blue-fronted amazons, but the Orange-winged amazons, as per their name, is indeed green but the orange feathers can be found on its tail and underneath its wings which can be seen when in flight. You can see the orange on the right side of the wing in above photo. Males and females look similar, but the male has more of a blue forehead while the female has more yellow on her face. Orange-Winged Amazons are normally around 13 inches in length from the beak to the tip of the tail feathers.
These Amazons lays three to five white eggs in a tree cavity, which are incubated by the female for 25 - 27 days, with a further two months to fledging.
When not feeding, these birds, like other parrots, chew bark or wood to keep their beak in good condition, being their main “tool” for eating and for climbing around branches. An Orange-winged amazon utters a wide range of squawks and whistles while it is perched. When flying they make a shrill and high-pitched kee-wik.
These Amazons lays three to five white eggs in a tree cavity, which are incubated by the female for 25 - 27 days, with a further two months to fledging.
When not feeding, these birds, like other parrots, chew bark or wood to keep their beak in good condition, being their main “tool” for eating and for climbing around branches. An Orange-winged amazon utters a wide range of squawks and whistles while it is perched. When flying they make a shrill and high-pitched kee-wik.
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