OTHER NAMES: White-fronted Parrot, Spectacled Amazon Parrot
Latin Etymology: Amazona ("Amazon") albifrons ("white-forehead")
Two White-fronted Amazon (Amazona albifrons) at San Jose, Costa Rica - November 2025
Featured Subspecies: Amazona albifrons nana
Weight: 190-250g/kg / Length: 25cm / Wingspan: ?
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
The smallest species of amazon parrot, it is also the only amazon species to be strongly sexually dimorphic enough for easy differentiation in the field with the males having red shoulders that the females lack. As with many parrot species they are long lived and have been recorded living 40 years in the wild and over 50 in captivity. Native to Central America, there are some feral populations in places like Puerto Rico and Texas.
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Amazona
SUBSPECIES: A. a. albifrons, A. a. nana, A. a . saltuensis
- Sighting Locations -
Found in the North West of the Country
- COSTA RICA 2025 TRIP: Seen at Tarcoles and San Jose
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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