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| Yellow-shouldered Parrot
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| Amazona barbadensis Linnaeus, 1758 |
The Yellow-shouldered Parrot nests in a tree hole and lays 3-4 eggs. It is highly gregarious when not breeding, forming flocks of up to 100 birds.
It is green, about 33 cm long, with yellow patches on the head and shoulders, and a red patch on the wing. The yellow shoulder patch and extensive yellow on the head distinguish it from other Amazona species which have red on the shoulder and restricted yellow on the head.
The call of this species is a rolling cur'r'r'k.
There are probably around a thousand Yellow-shouldered Parrots in existence. They feed on fruits, seeds, and cactus flowers.
The threats to this parrot are the cagebird trade and habitat degradation due to overgrazing by goatA goat is any of several species of medium-sized grazing animal. All goats (and sheep) belong to the subfamily Caprinae of the family Bovidae. In common use, however, goat is usually understood to mean the Domestic Goat Capra aegagrus hircus a subspeciess.