Editing Yellow-shouldered amazon (section)

==Behavior==
===Food and feeding===
It feeds on [[fruit]]s, [[seed]]s, and [[flower]]s, frequently consuming parts of [[cactus]] plants.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Farrows|title=Yellow-shouldered Parrot: Species in World Land Trust reserves|url=https://www.worldlandtrust.org/species/birds/yellow-shouldered-parrot/|access-date=2022-01-04|website=World Land Trust|language=en}}</ref> The parrot is able to survive with minimal water, getting a large amount of moisture from their diet. This is especially clear on La Blanquilla, a small island with no natural bodies of water. The cacti that they so often eat are filled with liquid, in both the stems and fruits, and this keeps them alive in their arid environment.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Silvius|first=Kirsten|date=1991|title=Parrots, Poachers and Payloaders: Status and Natural History of the Yellow-shouldered Amazon on Margarita Island, Venezuela|url=https://journals.tdl.org/watchbird/index.php/watchbird/article/view/2684|journal=AFA Watchbird|language=en|volume=18|issue=4|pages=17–19}}</ref>

===Breeding===
The yellow-shouldered amazon typically nests in holes in [[Tree|trees]], cliffs, or cacti, and lays 2-5 eggs.<ref name=":1" /> Total clutch size and hatching success of this species on Margarita Island are among the highest documented for the genus ''Amazona'', suggesting a high reproductive potential for the species <ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sanz|first1=Virginia|last2=Rodriguez-Ferraro|first2=Adriana|title=Reproductive Parameters and Productivity of the Yellow-Shouldered Parrot on Margarita Island, Venezuela: a Long-Term Study|journal=The Condor|date=2006|volume=108|issue=1|pages=178–192|doi=10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[0178:RPAPOT]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=86353277 |doi-access=free}}</ref> It is highly gregarious, and can sometimes roost in communally in tall trees, forming groups of as many as 700.<ref name=":1" /> The population on Bonaire appears to breed slower than is typical for the species, bringing it in line with other members of the genus.<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Factors affecting the life history, abundance and distribution of the yellow-shouldered Amazon parrot (Amazona barbadensis) on Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles|url=https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/21831/|publisher=University of Sheffield|date=2010|degree=phd|language=en|first=Samuel R.|last=Williams}}</ref>