Yucatan Amazon

Amazona xantholora (Gray, GR, 1859)

Psittacidae — African & New World Parrots

Yucatan Amazon, Amazona xantholora, is a parrot of the Yucatán Peninsula in Middle America, with its breeding range in Quintana Roo, Yucatán and Campeche, and extending slightly into northern Belize. It is also recorded from Isla Cozumel, with further records from northern Guatemala and a specimen taken on Roatán. The species lives in deciduous and semi-deciduous forest, including both mature and regenerating woodland, as well as pine savannah, from sea level to about 100 m. It is a monotypic species in the family Psittacidae, described by Gray in 1859.

Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae — African & New World Parrots
Breeding range: Middle America: Yucatán Pen.