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Incubation Data The Yellow-shouldered Parrot or Yellow-
shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis barbadensis) is endemic
to northern Venezuela, the Venezuelan islands of Margarita and
La Blanquilla, and the island of Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles).
This parrot has become extinct on Aruba and possibly also on
Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles). Outside the breeding seasons,
they are highly gregarious when not breeding, forming flocks of
up to 100 birds. The Yellow-shouldered Amazon averages 31 - 33
cm (~12.4 inches) in length (from head to tip of the tail). Its
plumage is mostly green, with yellow patches on the head,
shoulders, around the eyes, and often over the ear openings and
chin. The thighs and the bend of the wing (also known as
"shoulders") are also yellow, but bot