LILAC-CROWNED AMAZON
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MARIAM T. TENNOE, SUSAN F. HENSSONOW
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The Lilac-crowned Amazon, Amazona finschi, is a parrot endemic to the Pacific slopes of Mexico.
Also known as Finsch's Amazon, the parrot is characterized by green plumage, a maroon forehead, and violet-blue crown.
Their coloring resembles that of the Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis, though the Lilac-crowned Amazon is less vibrant
In 2006 BirdLife International classified this species as Vulnerable.
The binomial of this bird commemorates the German naturalist and explorer Otto Finsch.
