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title: "Groenwangamazone"
description: "Amazona viridigenalis — Vogels. The red-crowned amazon (Amazona viridigenalis), also known as the red-crowned parrot, green-cheeked amazon or Mexican red-headed parrot, is an endangered amazon parrot native to northeastern Mexico and possibly southern Texas in the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/red-crowned-amazon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Groenwangamazone

> Amazona viridigenalis — Vogels. The red-crowned amazon (Amazona viridigenalis), also known as the red-crowned parrot, green-cheeked amazon or Mexican red-headed parrot, is an endangered amazon parrot native to northeastern Mexico and possibly southern Texas in the United States.

- Scientific name: *Amazona viridigenalis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `zoo` (Dierentuin en huisdieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 10459
- Wikidata: [Q921332](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q921332)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18976](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18976)

## Names

- en: Red-crowned Amazon
- de: Grünwangenamazone
- es: Loro tamaulipeco
- fr: Amazone à joues vertes
- nl: Groenwangamazone
- pt: Papagaio-de-coroa-vermelha / papagaio-de-face-verde
- pl: Amazonka krasnogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (7419), MX (857), PR (13)

## Summary

The red-crowned amazon (Amazona viridigenalis), also known as the red-crowned parrot, green-cheeked amazon or Mexican red-headed parrot, is an endangered amazon parrot native to northeastern Mexico and possibly southern Texas in the United States. A 1994 study estimated wild populations of between 2,000 and 4,300 mature individuals; the IUCN Red List considers it a globally endangered species with a decreasing population. The main threats to the native bird's survival are the illegal export of trapped birds from Mexico to the United States for the pet trade and the destruction of their natural habitat, the lowland…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned_amazon

## Photo

![Groenwangamazone](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-crowned-amazon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Aaron Polichar · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/275001303

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-crowned-amazon?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).