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
          
         
         
            
               Audubon Watch
               List Status is
               Red (i.e.,
               rapidly declining
               population)