The lilac-crowned amazon (Amazona finschi), has a violet-blue crown and neck and a maroon forehead. Also known as the lilac-crowned parrot, Finsch's parrot or Finsch's amazon, it is native to Mexico's Pacific coast. Its preferred habitat is humid pine or oak forests up to an elevation of about 6,000 feet. It is named Finsch's parrot after the German naturalist and explorer Otto Finsch. It very closely resembles the red-crowned Amazon parrot, but the crown is a less vibrant purple-lilac rather than bright red, and it has a slightly longer tail.
