Texas
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
20Apr2010
Much talking is the cause of
danger. Silence is the means of
avoiding misfortune. The
talkative parrot is shut up in a
cage.
Other birds, without speech, fly
freely about.
          (Saskya Pandita)
Viridigenalis is Latin for
pertaining to a green cheek.
© Charles
Duncan
Macaulay
Library
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AUDUBON WATCH
LIST STATUS IS RED
(I.E., RAPIDLY
DECLINING
POPULATION)