
The Red-crowned Amazon, also known as Red-crowned Parrot, Green-cheeked Amazon, or Mexican Red-headed Parrot, is an endangered Amazon parrot native to northeastern Mexico. The current native wild population of between 1,000 and 2,000 is decreasing. The main threats to its survival are the illegal export of trapped birds from Mexico to the United States and the destruction of habitat.
Similar species: Parrots
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Uploaded Apr 19, 2012. Captured Mar 18, 2012 15:09 in Wintelresedijk, 5507 Veldhoven, The Netherlands.
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