Red-crowned Parrot
Amazona viridigenalis
(L 12" WS 19" Wt 6 oz)
Wild pop. estimated at 1,000 - 2000
...threatened by habitat destruction and
export of trapped birds from Mexico.
Estero Llano
Grande St Pk
20Apr10
Much talking is the cause of dan-
ger. Silence is the means of
avoiding misfortune. The talk-
ative parrot is shut up in a cage.
Other birds, without speech, fly
freely about.
          (Saskya Pandita)
AUDUBON WATCH LIST
STATUS IS RED (I.E.,
RAPIDLY DECLINING
POPULATION
)