Yellow-shouldered Amazon Parrot Amazona barbadensis

Yellow-shouldered Amazon
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
The Yellow-shouldered Amazon has a white face above the beak, yellow brow and below eye and turquoise-blue lower cheeks as well as the yellow "shoulders".
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
It is native to arid desert areas of Venezuela and the Netherlands Antilles.
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
The yellow shoulders are not always visible.
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
Some other Amazons have yellow "shoulders," including the Yellow-winged - see link below.
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
Male and female have similar plumage.
Yellow-shouldered Amazon juvenile Juvenile
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
Yellow-shouldered Amazon