Red-lored Amazon
Where and when to see the Red-lored Amazon
DraftOn the Yucatán Peninsula
It lives in lowland forest, forest edges and farmland with tall trees, mostly in the south of the peninsula. Look for noisy pairs crossing the sky early and late in the day.
Where it’s reported most
We don’t name sites: this species is targeted by trapping or hunting.
When
All year · most reports May–Oct
Most reports from May to October.
Reports relative to effort
- January: 92%
- February: 90%
- March: 62%
- April: 65%
- May: 79%
- June: 83%
- July: 70%
- August: 86%
- September: 100%
- October: 79%
- November: 64%
- December: 83%
Data: eBird and other datasets via GBIF.org (CC BY 4.0), 2015–2025 · Base map: Natural Earth
Crosses the selva in noisy pairs and small flocks at dawn and dusk, travelling between roosts and fruiting trees. Pairs fly side by side even within a flock.
- Identification
- A stocky green parrot with a red forehead, yellow cheeks and a crown edged in lilac-blue. In flight it shows a red patch on the wing.
- Voice
- Loud, harsh screeches, especially in flight; it goes quiet while feeding.
What the photo doesn’t show
DraftKnown by its flight
Parrots in flight are hard to tell apart, but this one helps: it flies with shallow, stiff wingbeats, and the red patch on its wing shows both perched and in flight. 1,2
Always in pairs
Mates are often seen flying together. Pairs probably stay together for life, preening and feeding each other. 1
City parrots
The flocks in Mérida began, local specialists say, with birds that escaped during Hurricane Isidore in 2002, and released pets have added to them since. 3
Wanted as a pet
Trapping for the pet trade has almost certainly caused local declines, for example in northeastern Mexico. 2
Sources
- Animal Diversity Web: Amazona autumnalis (opens in a new tab)
- Birds of the World (Cornell Lab): Red-lored Amazon (opens in a new tab)
- Por Esto!: Loros cachetes amarillos conquistan Mérida (opens in a new tab)
- IUCN Red List category, via GBIF: Amazona autumnalis (opens in a new tab)
- DOF, 14/11/2019: NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010, Anexo III (opens in a new tab)
Map and months: 1,482 records from 2015–2025 from eBird, Inventario de aves y mamíferos en humedales de Laguna de Términos y Pantanos de Centla en Tabasco y Campeche, and others, via GBIF.org (CC BY 4.0), in 0.1° squares (about 10 km). eBird: doi.org/10.15468/aomfnb.
Months: the species’ records ÷ all bird records that month, scaled to the busiest month. It allows for birding effort; it is not the chance of seeing it. A blank square: few or no reports, not necessarily absent.
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