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== Distribution and habitat == ''A. barbadensis'' is [[Endemism|endemic]] to northern Venezuela, Bonaire (which may have less than 400 birds<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Yellow-shouldered parrot Conservation Case Study {{!}} The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund|url=https://www.speciesconservation.org/case-studies-projects/yellow-shouldered-parrot/555|access-date=2022-01-04|website=www.speciesconservation.org}}</ref>), and other islands in the area. On the Venezuelan island of Margarita, it is extirpated from the east side, which is heavily commercialized and a popular tourist destination, existing only on the [[Macanao Peninsula Municipality|Macanao Peninsula]].<ref name=":2" /> Also native to Aruba, it went locally extinct by 1947. In January of 2024, a population of over two dozen of these birds was reintroduced to the island and is doing well.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Jessica |date=2024-01-11 |title=The First Yellow-Shouldered Amazon Take Free Flight Into Aruba’s Nature |url=https://dcnanature.org/lora-reintroduction/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=DCNA |language=en-US}}</ref> An introduced population exists on Curaçao. Unlike other ''Amazona'' members, it is typically found in arid habitats, such as [[Deserts and xeric shrublands|desert scrub]] and dry [[Forest|forests]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dutch Caribbean Species Register|url=https://www.dutchcaribbeanspecies.org/linnaeus_ng/app/views/species/nsr_taxon.php?id=177288|access-date=2022-01-04|website=www.dutchcaribbeanspecies.org}}</ref>
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