Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Red-lored Amazon

Amazona autumnalis

Spanish: Loro Cachetes Amarillos

Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis)
Photographed by santiagob1986 on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The red-lored amazon or red-lored parrot (Amazona autumnalis) is a species of amazon parrot, native to tropical regions of the Americas, from eastern Mexico south to Ecuador where it occurs in humid evergreen to semi-deciduous forests up to 1,100 m altitude. It is absent from the Pacific side of Central America north of Costa Rica. Not originally known from El Salvador, a pair - perhaps escaped from captivity - nested successfully in 1995 and 1996 in the... Most often recorded in Feb.

TaxonomyAves › Psittaciformes › Psittacidae
Local records1 research-grade observation within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records9,166 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2025 – 2025
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Cite as: “Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/amazona-autumnalis/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.