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The Red-crowned amazon (Amazona viridigenalis) is a bird found in United States and Mexico. Found in the United States and Mexico. It eats leaves and other plant parts, fruit and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Red-crowned amazon lives

Found in the United States and Mexico.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🌿 Leaves & plants40%
• 🍎 Fruit30%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts30%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Red-crowned amazon

Recorded by Paul Marvin (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC320571. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Red-crowned amazon

Where does the Red-crowned amazon live?

The Red-crowned amazon lives in United States and Mexico. Found in the United States and Mexico.

What does the Red-crowned amazon eat?

leaves and other plant parts (about 40%), fruit (about 30%), seeds and nuts (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Red-crowned amazon endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from North America

• Saltmarsh sparrow
• Laysan duck
• Perijá thistletail
• Ridgway's hawk
• Imperial woodpecker
• Santa Marta sabrewing

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.