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Red-necked amazon

Amazona arausiaca (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

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The red-necked amazon (Amazona arausiaca) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh about 500 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Red-necked amazon (Amazona arausiaca)
Photo: Amazona_arausiaca_-Roseau_-Dominica_-aviary-6a.jpg : Andrew Szymanski… · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red-necked amazon

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

Where does the red-necked amazon live?

Not recorded

What is the red-necked amazon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The red-necked amazon (Amazona arausiaca), known locally as the jaco parrot or jaco, is an amazon parrot species endemic to the island of Dominica. Other names include red-necked parrot, Dominican blue-faced amazon, and lesser Dominican amazon. It gets its name from the area of orange and reddish plumage commonly found at its throat. This parrot is a vulnerable species, with an estimated population of 850-1000 mature individuals. It is fully protected under Dominican law.

From the Wikipedia article “Red-necked amazon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-necked_amazon&oldid=1348542858), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the red-necked amazon endangered?

The red-necked amazon is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a 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 Vulnerable species.

How is the red-necked amazon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusAmazona
  7. SpeciesAmazona arausiaca (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Synonyms Psittacus arausiacus

Other names and names in other languages (48)
  • JacquotEnglish
  • JacquotEnglish
  • Red-necked AmazonEnglish
  • Red-necked AmazonEnglish
  • Red-necked AmazonEnglish
  • Red-necked parrotEnglish
  • Red-necked parrotEnglish
  • ببغاء أحمر العنقArabic
  • أمازون أحمر العنقArabic
  • Червеногърла амазонаBulgarian
  • Amazona de BouquetCatalan
  • papagai de BouquetCatalan
  • amazoňan dominickýCzech
  • amazoňan dominikánskýCzech
  • amason gyddfgochWelsh
  • Blåhovedet AmazoneDanish
  • BlaukopfamazoneGerman
  • blukapa amazonpapagoEsperanto
  • Amazona CabenazulSpanish
  • Amazona Cabeza AzulSpanish
  • Amazona GorgirrojaSpanish
  • Amazona gorjirrojaSpanish
  • Loro garganta roja de DominicaSpanish
  • sinipea-amatsoonpapagoiEstonian
  • dominicanamatsoniFinnish
  • Amazone de BouquetFrench
  • dominička amazonkaCroatian
  • kékfejű amazonHungarian
  • Կարմրախպիպ ամազոնArmenian
  • Amazzone collorossoItalian
  • アカノドボウシインコJapanese
  • raudongurklė amazonėLithuanian
  • Якшар логерӓн амазонWestern Mari
  • RoodkeelamazoneDutch
  • dominicaamazonNorwegian
  • amazonka dominikańskaPolish
  • ڈومینکی ایمیزنWestern Panjabi
  • papagaio-de-colar-vermelhoPortuguese
  • Краснозобый амазонRussian
  • Красногорлый амазонRussian
  • amazoňan červenokrkýSlovak
  • Dominikanski amazonacSerbian
  • rödhalsad amazonSwedish
  • Kızıl Gerdanlı AmazonTurkish
  • амазон червоноволийUkrainian
  • 红颈鹦哥Chinese
  • 紅頸亞馬遜鸚哥Chinese
  • 紅頸亞馬遜鸚鵡Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the red-necked 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-necked amazon?

An adult red-necked amazon weighs 500 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the red-necked amazon endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the red-necked amazon?

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

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BibTeX
@misc{red_necked_amazon_2026,
  title = {Red-necked amazon (Amazona arausiaca)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-necked-amazon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}