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Orange-winged Amazon
Carlos Alexandre Mattos Raposo, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Parrots & macaws

Orange-winged Amazon

Amazona amazonica (Linnaeus, 1766)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishOrange-winged Amazon
DutchOranjevleugelamazone
SpanishLoro guaro
Chinese橙翅亚马逊鹦鹉
Sranan Tongopopokai (general name for the group)
Scientific nameAmazona amazonica (Linnaeus, 1766)

About this species

The orange-winged amazon (Amazona amazonica), also known as orange-winged parrot and loro guaro, is a large amazon parrot. It is a resident breeding bird in tropical South America, from Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil. Its habitat is forest and semi-open country. Although common, it is persecuted as an agricultural pest and by capture for the pet trade (over 66,000 captured from 1981 to 1985). It is also hunted as a food source. Introduced breeding populations have been reported in Puerto Rico and Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPsittaciformes
FamilyPsittacidae
GenusAmazona

In Suriname

2,457Records in Suriname
63iNaturalist observations
1857First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini683
  • Paramaribo630
  • Commewijne557
  • Para285
  • Nickerie91
  • Brokopondo63
  • Saramacca48
  • Wanica24
  • Coronie16
  • Marowijne4

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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