Yellow-shouldered Amazon

Amazona barbadensis

The yellow-shouldered amazon, 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. It has been extirpated from and reintroduced to Aruba and introduced to Curaçao.

Scientific name

Amazona barbadensis

Family

New World and African Parrots

IUCN status

NT