Two Breeds of Wild Amazon Parrots
There are several different breeds of wild Amazon parrots. Each breed of wild Amazon parrots is brilliantly colored, and, once tamed, will make a great pet.
Orange-winged Amazon Parrot
The orange-winged Amazon parrot name is inspired by the brilliant orange colored feathers on the tips of the wings. If you suspect that you are looking at a wild orange winged Amazon parrot you should also look for a pale blue face and blue beak, and bright blue feet.
The orange-winged Amazon parrot is an extremely social bird; it is very rare to see one parrot when it is apart from the rest of its flock. When the orange winged Amazon parrot is nesting only the female takes care of the nest. She typically lays anywhere from two to four eggs. While she sits on the eggs and waits for her chicks to be old enough to leave the nest, the male orange winged Amazon parrot takes care of his mate by bringing her bits of food, and whatever material she needs to maintain the nest. In addition to the three week incubation period, it takes two months before the orange winged Amazon parrot chicks are ready to leave the nest.
One of the personality characteristics of the orange winged Amazon parrot is excessive chewing.
When captured this breed of wild Amazon parrot makes an excellent pet, but it's temperamental nature makes it a bad choice for a novice parrot owner.
Lilac-crowned Amazon Parrot
If you are in Southern Mexico and happen to see wild parrot flocks where all the birds are bright green with beige beaks, a red faced and to tops of their heads are a brilliant blue, then you are probably looking at a flock of Lilac-crowned Amazon parrots. These small parrots are an extremely active bird and are beloved by parrot lovers all over the world. In addition to being active this particular breed of wild Amazon parrot is also very intelligent, when domesticated they are easily taught how to speak and
The Lilac-crowned Amazon parrot is an extremely social breed of parrot and in the wild the flocks will sometimes be as big as 2-300 birds.
The Lilac-crowned Amazon parrot doesn't lay as many eggs as other breeds of parrots; the typical clutch size is usually only 2 eggs, which the hen incubates for 29 days. The chicks won't be ready to leave the nest until they are least 2 months old, and once they do leave the next both parents continue taking care of them for another three weeks.
Although they are sometimes seen in low area's, near open water, most Lilac-crowned Amazon parrots prefer to living in the wooded areas of the mountains.
This particular breed of wild Amazon parrot was officially recognized by Dr. Otto Finsch. The good doctor wrote over four hundred articles about the wild Amazon parrot.
