Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Yellow-lored Parrot FAMILY - Psittacidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Amazona xantholora SYNONYMS - Chrysotis xantholora - Gray, 1859 and Psittacus albifrons - Kuhl, 1820 REFERENCES - 1 and 18 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 26 Resident, species present all year. 3 Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat. 25 At risk, taken and kept as pets. 25 Killed as agricultural/maricultural pests 25 Vulnerable in Belize 25 At risk, taken and kept as pets. 21 Resident, species present all year. 3 Yucatan Peninsula endemic 18 District Reference Belize 4 Cayo 5 Corozal 8 Orange Walk 11 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve 8 Shipstern Nature Reserve 10 Shipstern Nature Reserve 16 Shipstern Nature Reserve 17 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 13 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 19 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 9 Community Baboon Sanctuary 14 Community Baboon Sanctuary 15 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher 22 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Heard Dry season 4 New River Lagoon (Proposed) Wet season 12 Private land, see comments Permanent 6 Private land, see comments 11 Private land, see comments 12 Private land, see comments 17 Private land, see comments 7 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 23 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 24 Government land Collected as voucher 23 Hydrologic Association Reference New River Lagoon 19 Belize River 15 Belize River 12 Sibun River 12 Cox's Lagoon 4 Belize River 6 Macal River 7 Sibun River 9 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 17 1-200 m 19 1-200 m 20 1-200 m 22 1-200 m 23 1-200 m 24 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 11 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 22 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 20 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 20 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 13 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 14 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 15 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 19 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 20 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 24 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 12 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 17 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 6 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 17 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 20 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 23 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 4 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' 12 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 23 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 7 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 12 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 20 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 20 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 12 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 23 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 10 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 16 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 17 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 12 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 8 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 11 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 23 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 20 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 17 Subtropical moist 24 Subtropical moist 23 Subtropical moist 22 Subtropical moist 20 Subtropical moist 19 Subtropical moist 17 Subtropical moist 16 Subtropical moist 15 General Distribution Comments 26* Common coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas. 3* "Only in North," common in coastal savannahs. 19* Uncommon in pine savanna, rare in scrub 12* Belize; Duck Run; Orange Walk 11* Gold Button Ranch 7* Sighted at or within 5 mile radius of Chaa Creek Cottages 6* Banana Bank Ranch References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 4 Hunt, H. R., J. Tamarack. 1992. Cox Lagoon Crocodile Preserve. Unpub. report. pp.4-8. 5 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 6 Duncan, M., W. Duncan. 1993. Banana Bank, Nov. 1, Checklist provided in lit. 7 Carnegie Ornithological Group and Mass Audubon Ornithological Group, compilers. 1993. Chaa Creek Bird List. Unpublished list. 8 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. Avian Surveys: Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve 1-10 March. Unpublished Report to the Forestry Dept. 9 Anon. 1994. Monkey Bay Checklist of Birds. Unpublished list. 10 Meerman, J. 1993. Checklist of the Birds of the Shipstern Nature Reserve, Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2(10). pp. 71-81. 11 Platt, S. 1993. Wildlife Survey of Gold Button Ranch, Belize. Unpublished report. 12 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 13 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 14 O'Connell, S. 1987. in Horwich, R. H. and J. Lyon. The Community Baboon Sanctuary, A Guide Book. Orangu-tan Press, Gays Mills, WI. pp. 113. 15 James, D., J. Bider. 1993. Bird List: Community Baboon Sanctuary, 1989- 1993 (derived from banding & census data, field notes). Unpublished data 16 Quigley, H. B., B. W. Miller, C. M. Miller. 1995. Mammal Survey, Shipstern Nature Reserve, April 4-13, 1995. Unpublished report for ITCF. 17 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 18 Howell, S. N. G., S. Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America pp. 341. New York. Oxford University Press. 19 Vallely, A. C., A. A. Whitman. 1996. The birds of Hill Bank, northern Belize. Unpublished report for Programme for Belize. 20 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 21 Miller, B.W. 1959. Bird Species of Concern. pp. 56-64. in Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1995. National Protected Areas System Plan for Belize, Vol. 3. Zoological Report 236 p. NARMAP. 22 ROM. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jan. 1, 1997. Provided by Brad Millen. 23 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 24 Hinshaw, J. 1997. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology bird holdings through Jun. 1, 1997. 25 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 26 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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