Parrot count result: 400 Red-crowned Amazons in Monterrey

This amazing video was send to us this morning by Rene Valdes. Red-crowned Amazons (Amazona viridigenalis) have had a hard time in native Mexico and are in serious risk of extinction. In this video we see that, in Monterrey at least, there is hope for this species. The video was made during the efforts for the World Parrot Count 2012 and a total of 400 of this endangered species where counted. The last non-urban Red-crowend Amazons where last seen in 1945 in Nuevo León, the region of which Monterrey is the capital.

There are also significant urban populations of this species in California, Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Texas.