Date: 5/19/25 12:54 pm From: Dominik Mosur via groups.io <dominikmosur...> Subject: Re: [EBB-Sightings] Mystery parrot in Alameda
Hi Rosemary ,
Red-masked parakeets are a different species and classified in a different
genus than Amazon.
The photo in the original post is not a of a Red-masked parakeet. They have
a slimmer build and proportionately longer tail.
DM
On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 12:52 compasros <compasros...> wrote:
> Red-masked parakeets, which are a sub-species of Red Amazon's are well-
> established in San Francisco, a large population.
>
> Is it possible that it made it across the Bay?
>
> Rosemary Johnson
> Hercules
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>
> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Fred Werner via groups.io" <sustainablefred...>
> Date: 5/18/25 8:39 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: <dominikmosur...>
> Cc: <chriswaterman555...>, <EBB-Sightings...>
> Subject: Re: [EBB-Sightings] Mystery parrot in Alameda
>
> Robust body, short tail, and overall green color suggest it's an *Amazona* parrot.
> Several species with red foreheads are kept / bred / sold in the pet
> trade. A Red-crowned Amazon was spotted in San Lorenzo a year ago.
>
> Check out this list on wikipedia
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amazon_parrots> or click here for
> Tucuman Amazon <https://ebird.org/species/tucpar1> on eBird and then
> click on "Red-spectacled Amazon" in the upper right (and keep clicking on
> that upper-right option) to scroll through other possibilities to see if
> any one species matches more closely with other features you may have
> noticed.
>
> - Fred
>
> On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM Dominik Mosur via groups.io <dominikmosur=
> <gmail.com...> wrote:
>
>> Might be a Red-crowned Amazon in which case probably an escapee. They
>> have an established population in SoCal but not up here.
>>
>> DM
>> > On May 18, 2025, at 20:11, Chris Waterman via groups.io
>> <chriswaterman555...> wrote:
>> >
>> > I saw this parrot in a tree on my block this morning in Alameda.
>> Could anyone help me with an ID?
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Chris
>> > Alameda
>> > <image0.jpeg>
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>> >
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