White-Fronted Parrot
Amazona albifrons
These natives of Mexico and Central America are popular in the pet trade, and so have been released (or escaped) to establish feral populations in south Texas and southern California.
Science recognises three subspecies:
- A. a. albifrons, or White-Fronted Amazon lives in western Mexico to southwestern Guatemala.
- A. a. nana or Lesser White-Fronted Amazon lives in southeastern Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica.
- A. a. saltuensis or Sonora White-Fronted Amazon lives in northwestern Mexico.
I met a single White-Fronted Parrot in 2021 during a Texas state-wide team birding competition called the Big Sit, at the National Butterfly Center in Mission. We weren’t allowed to include the species in our totals because it was a non-native. It was fun to meet this bird none-the-less.
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4 Photos
White-Fronted Parrot(Amazona albifrons) |
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Description: We could not count this non-native bird, but that didn’t mean we couldn’t enjoy its visit. The National Butterfly Center held a “Big Sit” event on Sunday. They invited me to join the team, and in between shifts, I walked the grounds in search of photo opportunities. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:25 8:22 |
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Location:
National Butterfly Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6000 |
File Name: WhiteFrontedParrot_D5X1280-NationalButterflyCenter |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
White-Fronted Parrot(Amazona albifrons) |
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Description: We could not count this non-native bird, but that didn’t mean we couldn’t enjoy its visit. The National Butterfly Center held a “Big Sit” event on Sunday. They invited me to join the team, and in between shifts, I walked the grounds in search of photo opportunities. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:25 8:22 |
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Location:
National Butterfly Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6000 |
File Name: WhiteFrontedParrot_D5X1278-NationalButterflyCenter |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
White-Fronted Parrot(Amazona albifrons) |
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Description: We could not count this non-native bird, but that didn’t mean we couldn’t enjoy its visit. The National Butterfly Center held a “Big Sit” event on Sunday. They invited me to join the team, and in between shifts, I walked the grounds in search of photo opportunities. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:25 8:21 |
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Location:
National Butterfly Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6000 |
File Name: WhiteFrontedParrot_D5X1270-NationalButterflyCenter |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
White-Fronted Parrot(Amazona albifrons) |
|
Description: We could not count this non-native bird, but that didn’t mean we couldn’t enjoy its visit. The National Butterfly Center held a “Big Sit” event on Sunday. They invited me to join the team, and in between shifts, I walked the grounds in search of photo opportunities. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:25 8:19 |
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Location:
National Butterfly Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6000 |
File Name: WhiteFrontedParrot_D5X1254-NationalButterflyCenter |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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