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Red-crowned amazon

Amazona viridigenalis (Cassin, 1853)

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The red-crowned amazon (Amazona viridigenalis) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 316 g to 319 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Red-crowned amazon (Amazona viridigenalis)
Photo: Glandauer /Roger Moore · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red-crowned amazon

Weight
316 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.45src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the red-crowned amazon live?

Not recorded

What is the red-crowned amazon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The red-crowned amazon (Amazona viridigenalis), also known as the red-crowned parrot, green-cheeked amazon or Mexican red-headed parrot, is an endangered amazon parrot native to northeastern Mexico and possibly southern Texas in the United States. A 1994 study estimated wild populations of between 2,000 and 4,300 mature individuals; the IUCN Red List considers it a globally endangered species with a decreasing population. The main threats to the native bird's survival are the illegal export of trapped birds from Mexico to the United States for the pet trade and the destruction of their natural habitat, the lowland forests of northeastern Mexico.

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Is the red-crowned amazon endangered?

The red-crowned amazon is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species.

How is the red-crowned amazon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusAmazona
  7. SpeciesAmazona viridigenalis (Cassin, 1853)

Synonyms Chrysotis viridigenalis

Other names and names in other languages (50)
  • Green-cheeked AmazonEnglish
  • Mexican red headEnglish
  • Red-crowned AmazonEnglish
  • Red-crowned parrotEnglish
  • Red-crowned parrotEnglish
  • Red-crowned parrot, red-crowned AmazonEnglish
  • ببغاء أحمر التاجArabic
  • أمازون أحمر التاجArabic
  • Зеленобуза амазонаBulgarian
  • papagai front-roigCatalan
  • Amazona frontvermellaCatalan
  • amazoňan zelenolícíCzech
  • amason bochwyrddWelsh
  • Grønkindet AmazoneDanish
  • GrünwangenamazoneGerman
  • verdavanga amazonpapagoEsperanto
  • AmapolaSpanish
  • Amazona tamaulipecaSpanish
  • Cotorra coronirrojaSpanish
  • Loro Cabeza RojaSpanish
  • Loro tamaulipecoSpanish
  • tamaulipase amatsoonpapagoiEstonian
  • آمازون تاجقرمزPersian
  • meksikonamatsoniFinnish
  • Amazone à joues vertesFrench
  • tamaulipska amazonkaCroatian
  • zöldarcú amazonHungarian
  • Կանաչաթուշ ամազոնArmenian
  • Amazzone capirossaItalian
  • メキシコアカボウシインコJapanese
  • raudonvainikė amazonėLithuanian
  • zaļvaigu amazoneLatvian
  • Ыжар шӹргӓн амазонWestern Mari
  • GroenwangamazoneDutch
  • grønnkinnamazonNorwegian
  • amazonka krasnogłowaPolish
  • لال تاجوالا ایمیزنWestern Panjabi
  • papagaio-de-face-verdePortuguese
  • Papagaio de cara vermelhaPortuguese
  • papagaio-de-coroa-vermelhaPortuguese
  • papagaio-de-fronte-vermelhaPortuguese
  • Зеленощёкий амазонRussian
  • amazoňan červenočelýSlovak
  • Tamaulipski crvenočeli amazonacSerbian
  • rödkronad amazonSwedish
  • Yeşil Yanaklı AmazonTurkish
  • амазон зеленощокийUkrainian
  • 红冠鹦哥Chinese
  • 紅冠亞馬遜鸚哥Chinese
  • 紅冠亞馬遜鸚鵡Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the red-crowned amazon

Other species in the same genus Amazona.

NT, Near Threatened
Cuban amazon (Amazona leucocephala)

Cuban amazon

Amazona leucocephala

Psittacidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the red-crowned amazon?

An adult red-crowned amazon weighs 316 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the red-crowned amazon endangered?

The red-crowned amazon is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the red-crowned amazon?

The red-crowned amazon (Amazona viridigenalis) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{red_crowned_amazon_2026,
  title = {Red-crowned amazon (Amazona viridigenalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-crowned-amazon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}