Editing Amazon parrot (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
Amazon parrots are native to the [[Neotropics|Neotropical]] [[Americas]], ranging from [[South America]] to [[Mexico]], and the [[Caribbean]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Alderton|first=David|title=The Complete Book of Birds|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jL28QJY9KE0C|year=2003|publisher=Hermes House|isbn=978-1-84309-445-6|access-date=2021-07-16|archive-date=2021-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716113216/https://books.google.com/books?id=jL28QJY9KE0C|url-status=live}}</ref> Outside of their native habitats, more than 14 species of amazon parrots have been observed. In [[Italy]], there are two reproductive populations of ''Amazona'', dating back to their introduction in 1991 to the city of [[Genoa]]. The birds are present in Germany, but their status is unclear. They are also found in Spain, where the most common parrot present is the turquoise-fronted amazon. [[Portugal]], [[California]] (where the birds were largely introduced during the 20th century), [[Puerto Rico]], [[South Africa]], and the [[Netherlands]] have also reported sightings of ''Amazona'' parrots. More than 12 species of amazon parrots can be found in the US state of [[Florida]], mostly around the city of [[Miami]]. Feral populations are also present in [[São Paulo]], [[Porto Alegre]], [[Buenos Aires]], and [[Río Cuarto, Córdoba|Río Cuarto]] within South America.<ref name=mori>{{Cite journal|year=2017|last1=Mori|first1=E.|last2=Grandi|first2=G.|last3=Menchetti|first3=M.|last4=Tella|first4=J. L.|last5=Jackson|first5=Hazel A.|last6=Reino|first6=Luis|last7=van Kleunen|first7=André|last8=Figueira|first8=Rui|last9=Ancillotto|first9=Leonardo|title=Worldwide distribution of non–native Amazon parrots and temporal trends of their global trade|journal=Animal Biodiversity and Conservation|volume=40|issue=1|pages=49–62|url=https://www.raco.cat/index.php/ABC/article/view/328437|doi=10.32800/abc.2017.40.0049|access-date=2021-07-16|archive-date=2020-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126022228/https://www.raco.cat/index.php/ABC/article/view/328437|url-status=live|hdl=10261/142842|hdl-access=free}}</ref>{{rp|52–56}}

Amazon parrots mostly inhabit forests such as [[scrub forests]], palm groves and [[rainforest]]s, but some prefer drier areas<ref name=gerholdt/>{{rp|12}} such as [[savanna]]s.<ref name=lafeber2>{{Cite web|last=Pollock|first=Christal|url=https://lafeber.com/vet/basic-information-sheet-for-the-amazon-parrot/|title=Basic Information Sheet: Amazon Parrot|access-date=2021-07-25|website=LafeberVet|date=28 September 2014 |archive-date=2021-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306051458/https://lafeber.com/vet/basic-information-sheet-for-the-amazon-parrot/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Vinaceous-breasted amazon]]s are thought to prefer [[parana pine]] trees, and have been shown to prefer forest fragments or isolated trees,<ref>{{Cite journal|year=2007|last1=Cockle|first1=Kristina|last2=Capuzzi|first2=Gabriel|last3=Bodrati|first3=Alejandro|last4=Clay|first4=Rob|last5=del Castillo|first5=Hugo|last6=Velázquez|first6=Myriam|last7=Areta|first7=Juan I.|last8=Fariña|first8=Nestor|last9=Fariña|first9=Rodrigo|title=Distribution, abundance, and conservation of Vinaceous Amazons (''Amazona vinacea'') in Argentina and Paraguay|volume=78|issue=1|journal=Journal of Field Ornithology|pages=21–39|doi=10.1111/j.1557-9263.2006.00082.x|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2006.00082.x|access-date=2021-07-25|archive-date=2021-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725110703/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2006.00082.x|url-status=live|hdl=11336/80780|hdl-access=free}}</ref>{{rp|21–22}} while [[Tucumán amazon]]s nest at higher elevations than other amazon parrots, mostly in ''[[Blepharocalyx]]'' trees, within the [[cloud-forest]].<ref>{{Cite journal|year=2012|last1=Rivera|first1=Luis|last2=Politi|first2=Natalia|last3=Bucher|first3=Enrique H.|title=Nesting habitat of the Tucuman Parrot ''Amazona tucumana'' in an old-growth cloud-forest of Argentina|volume=22|journal=Bird Conservation International|issue=4|pages=398–410|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/90C512E8EDF7BA6EA63941607E84B5E7/S0959270911000414a.pdf/nesting_habitat_of_the_tucuman_parrot_amazona_tucumana_in_an_oldgrowth_cloudforest_of_argentina.pdf?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_a714a3bdd6ed35da7e7096a9536e1f418c5b6456-1627210151-0-gqNtZGzNAw2jcnBszQj6|doi=10.1017/S0959270911000414|access-date=2021-07-25|archive-date=2021-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725110703/https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/90C512E8EDF7BA6EA63941607E84B5E7/S0959270911000414a.pdf/nesting_habitat_of_the_tucuman_parrot_amazona_tucumana_in_an_oldgrowth_cloudforest_of_argentina.pdf?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_a714a3bdd6ed35da7e7096a9536e1f418c5b6456-1627210151-0-gqNtZGzNAw2jcnBszQj6|url-status=live|doi-access=free}}</ref>{{rp|398}} Yellow-headed amazons nest in the [[Canopy (biology)|canopy]] of tall trees, mostly in ''[[Astronium graveolens]]'' and ''[[Enterolobium cyclocarpum]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Monterrubio-Rico|first1=Tiberio C.|last2=Álvarez-Jara|first2=Margarito|last3=Téllez-García|first3=Lorena|last4=Tena-Morelos|first4=Carlos|title=Nesting habitat characterization for ''Amazona oratrix'' (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae) in the Central Pacific, Mexico|journal=Revista de Biología Tropical|date=2014|volume=62|issue=3|pages=1053–1072|doi=10.15517/rbt.v62i3.12269|pmid=25412536|url=https://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?pid=S0034-77442014000300020&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en|access-date=2021-07-25|archive-date=2021-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725110706/https://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?pid=S0034-77442014000300020&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en|url-status=live|doi-access=free}}</ref>