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Fledgling
 
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My guess puts your bird as either a Yellow-cheeked or Orange-cheeked Amazon. (A.a. autumnalis) I hope this narrows it down for you.
I'm presuming your bird is a bit deficient of red around the cere. My Blue front only has barely a dab of Blue yet he is still a Blue front.
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Good Psittacine
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| Well, I can say that it's not an orange-wing or blue front. Hybrid? possible. Color mutation? Also possible. In the following photos I have pointed out some key signs on the bird. But the only way to know for sure is to see the bird's parents and by getting a couple of good photos of the bird's tail (both sides of the tail, fully extended). I notice it is a new baby bird, perhaps it is possible to see the parents? Here are the observations: Your bird: http://board.birdchannel.com/Attachment519.aspx You can now make the appropriate comparisons of color, scalloping, nares and eyes (red lored eye photo is next). 
You can see a very obvious pattern throughout the group of Amazona autumnalis species. This is most pronounced in the birds with the most colors, like the red-browed and red-lored. Your bird matched a red lored. 
Go ahead and make some final observations with this red-lored. 
The more I look at this the more I am convinced this really is a red-lored amazon. And you have me very, very, curious as to what his tail feathers and parents look like. Please post more photos this is a very juicy topic.
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Good Psittacine
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Wow, very well analyzed there! How old is she/he? Is it possible that they just haven't gotten their full adult colouring yet? Everything down to the scalloping on the head to slight hints of blue on the primaries (more blue is visible on the tips, but it looks like they were trimmed) looks just like a red-lored, except for the lack of red.
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