Editing Yellow-shouldered amazon (section)

===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>