Orange-winged Amazons (Amazona amazonica) are one of the Amazons from South America's Amazon basin. They are a gregarious parrot, moving from tree to tree in large flocks in search of ripe fruits and nuts.
Its plumage in the wild is emerald green. The crown is yellow with lores and above the eye there is a violet-blue region; cheeks are yellow. The edge of the wing is yellowish-green and primaries are green to violet-blue with black tips. The outer feathers are washed with orange-red.
There are over 50 species of the Amazona family. There is confusion, as a result, in telling the difference between species like the BLUE FRONTED (Amazona aestiva) and the ORANGE WINGED (Amazona amazonica) Amazon. Both have blue and yellow on and around the head and face and often Orange-wings are advertised for sale as blue-fronts. There are, however, differences between them and the most obvious is the color of the beak. The Blue-front has a black beak (top & bottom mandibles) while the Orange-wing has a horn-colored beak (often with darker streaks). Another fairly obvious difference (and hence the origin of the name Orange-wing) is that the feathers in the wing spectrum are orange in the Orange-wing but red in the Blue-Front. Orange-wings have a more even temperament in general than Blue-fronts.
Distribution: Venezuela, Colombia, Eastern Ecuador and Peru, Northern Bolivia, Brazil, French Guinea, Guyana and Suriname. The orange-winged is, in fact, the most numerous parrot of Suriname.
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