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Yellow-headed Parrot - Amazona oratrix

Florida's Exotic Wildlife. Species detail.

First year: 1970

Extirpated year:

Established status: Species have populations whose status is unknown.

Estimated Florida range: 1 county At least 10 years, 6 counties Not reported breeding

Statewide trend: Unknown status

Threats to natives: Members of the parrot family carry Newcastle disease, identified in 1971, which can infect native songbirds, game birds, domestic chickens and turkeys, and other exotic bird species. The native bird species can be infected by smuggled exotic birds and birds not properly quarantined that are released into the wild. This species also breeds in cavities which might limit the number available to native cavity nesters.

Species Account: Native to Mexico and Belize, where it inhabits tropical deciduous forest, gallery forest, and tropical lowland evergreen forest. There was some taxonomic confusion between this species and A. auropalliata and A. ochrocephala.

Habitats: Central or core urban area.

County	First Year	Extirpated Year	Breeding status	Notes
Broward	1970's		Not reported breeding	Reported probable breeding (Florida BBA 1986-91).
Dade	1970's		Not reported breeding	Reported probable breeding (Florida BBA 1986-91).
Hillsborough	1970's		At least 10 years	Reported confirmed breeding (Florida BBA 1986-91).
Palm Beach	1970's		Not reported breeding	Reported probable breeding (Florida BBA 1986-91).
Pasco	1970's		Not reported breeding
Pinellas	1970's		Not reported breeding
Saint Johns	1970's		Not reported breeding

References

American Ornithologists' Union. 1983. Check-list of North American Birds. 7th edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington D. C.

Robertson, W. B., and G. E. Woolfenden. 1992. Florida bird species: an annotated list. Florida Ornithological Society, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Stevenson, H. M., and B. H. Anderson. 1994. The birdlife of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Links to more information

Florida Breeding Bird Atlas Species Account

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