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Yellow-shouldered amazon

Amazona barbadensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

NTNear Threatenedparrots

The yellow-shouldered amazon (Amazona barbadensis) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 236.6 g to 270 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Yellow-shouldered amazon (Amazona barbadensis)
Photo: Atsme (Betty Wills) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-shouldered amazon

Weight
236.6 g – 270 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.1 – 3.2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the yellow-shouldered amazon live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-shouldered amazon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-shouldered amazon (Amazona barbadensis), also known as the yellow-shouldered parrot, is a parrot of the genus Amazona that is found in the arid areas of northern Venezuela, the Venezuelan islands of Margarita and La Blanquilla, and the island of Bonaire (Caribbean Netherlands). It has been extirpated from and reintroduced to Aruba and introduced to Curaçao.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-shouldered amazon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-shouldered_amazon&oldid=1377734230), 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 yellow-shouldered amazon endangered?

The yellow-shouldered amazon is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  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 Near Threatened species.

How is the yellow-shouldered amazon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusAmazona
  7. SpeciesAmazona barbadensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Synonyms Amazona barbadensis barbadensis, Amazona barbadensis rotschildi, Psittacus barbadensis

Other names and names in other languages (48)
  • Yellow-shouldered AmazonEnglish
  • Yellow-shouldered AmazonEnglish
  • Yellow-shouldered AmazonEnglish
  • Yellow-shouldered parrotEnglish
  • Yellow-shouldered parrotEnglish
  • Yellow-winged parrotEnglish
  • ببغاء أصفر الكتفArabic
  • أمازون أصفر الكتفArabic
  • Lloro de front grocCatalan
  • papagai d'espatlles groguesCatalan
  • amazoňan žlutoramennýCzech
  • amason ysgwydd felenWelsh
  • Gulskuldret AmazoneDanish
  • GelbflügelamazoneGerman
  • GelbschulteramazoneGerman
  • flavŝultra amazonpapagoEsperanto
  • Cotorra margariteñaSpanish
  • Amazona de Espalda AmarillaSpanish
  • Amazona de hombro gualdaSpanish
  • Amazona HombrogualdaSpanish
  • Cotorra CabeciamarillaSpanish
  • kaktuse-amatsoonpapagoiEstonian
  • kultanaama-amatsoniFinnish
  • Amazone à épaulettes jaunesFrench
  • žutoramena amazonkaCroatian
  • sárgavállú amazonHungarian
  • Դեղնաուս ամազոնArmenian
  • Amazzone spallegialleItalian
  • キボウシインコJapanese
  • geltonpetė amazonėLithuanian
  • GeelvleugelamazoneDutch
  • gulmaskeamazonNorwegian
  • LoraPapiamento
  • amazonka wenezuelskaPolish
  • papagaio-de-cabeça-brancaPortuguese
  • papagaio-d'ombros-amarelosPortuguese
  • Papagaio-de-ombro-amareloPortuguese
  • papagaio-de-ombros-amarelosPortuguese
  • Желтоплечий амазонRussian
  • amazoňan žltočelýSlovak
  • Mali žutorameni amazonacSerbian
  • gulskuldrad amazonSwedish
  • Sarı Omuzlu AmazonTurkish
  • Жовтоплечий амазонUkrainian
  • амазон жовтоплечийUkrainian
  • 黄肩鹦哥Chinese
  • 黃肩亞馬遜鸚哥Chinese
  • 黃肩亞馬遜鸚鵡Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow-shouldered 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 yellow-shouldered amazon?

An adult yellow-shouldered amazon weighs 236.6 g – 270 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-shouldered amazon endangered?

The yellow-shouldered amazon is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the yellow-shouldered amazon?

The yellow-shouldered amazon (Amazona barbadensis) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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  title = {Yellow-shouldered amazon (Amazona barbadensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
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  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}