Diademed Amazon (Amazona diadema)

Diademed Amazon
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Species Profile

Genus: Amazona | Species: diadema

Size:

34-35cm

Weight:

450-550g

Subspecies including nominate:

one

Colour Adult:

Both adults in general green, with black edging to feathers of crown to mantle and breast; green crown to nape, hindneck green margined with mauve; red feathered cere and forehead; yellow/green with less yellow upper cheeks to ear coverts; secondaries 1-5 red at bases, the remainder green; green tail. Eye ring pale yellow, eye orange. Bill dark grey.

Colour Juvenile:

As in adults, but paler red on lores and forehead; iris dark brown.

Call:

Wide variety of sounds, some high-pitched, trilling; other calls loud, metallic and scolding; rippling and short notes also heard.

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More Information:

Avibase

Content Sources:

BirdLife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
ML Media Collection Catalogue 41120, Diademed Parrot Amazona diadema, Bierregaard, Richard O., Amazonas, Brazil, May 12 1956, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Site
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots, Forshaw, 2017.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Diademed Amazon
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The Diademed Amazon was once considered to be conspecific with the Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis).

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Related publications: Amazona diadema

Species Care

Captive Status:

Uncommon to rare

Longevity:

60-70 yrs

Housing:

Aviary or suspended cage with a minimum length 3m (9.8 ft).

Diet:

Fruit such as: apple, pear, orange, banana, cactus fruits, pomegranate, forming about 30% of the diet; fresh vegetables such as: carrot, celery, green peas, beans, fresh corn, green leaves; spray millet and limited mixed seed, cooked beans and pulses, complete kibble.

Enrichment:

Enjoys bathing so provide overhead misters or shallow water bowls; foot toys, destructible (non-toxic) toys, non-destructible (non-toxic plastic) toys, food-finder toys, preening toys, different texture and size hanging perch toys, fir, pine, willow or elder branches, push-and-pull toys (sliding up and down), vegetable tanned leather toys.

Nest Box Size:

Vertical box, 12" x 12" x 24" (30.5cm x 30.5cm x 61cm).

Clutch Size:

2-3

Incubation Time:

About 26 days.

Fledging Age:

8-9 weeks.

Hatch Weight:

Not recorded.

Peak Weight:

Not recorded.

Weaning Weight:

Not recorded.

Diademed Amazon
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Did You Know?

The Diademed Amazon was once considered to be conspecific with the Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis).

Academic Research

Related publications: Amazona diadema

Species Wild Status

World Population:

Unknown, decreasing.

IUCN Red List Status:

Least Concern

CITES Listing:

Appendix II (as in conspecific Amazona autumnalis)

Threat Summary:

This species' population is expected to decline due to ongoing deforestation in the Amazon basin. It is also susceptible to trapping for local trade. Proposed changes to the Brazilian Forest Code reduce the percentage of land a private landowner is legally required to maintain as forest and include an amnesty for landowners who deforested before July 2008.

Range:

Amazon basin of Brazil between Río Negro and Río Solimões.

Habitat:

Recorded in humid forest and forest margins.

Wild Diet:

Feeds mainly on wild and cultivated fruits (including Tetragastris), nuts and seeds.

Ecology and Behaviour:

Assumed to be similar to Red-lored Amazon: Found in loose flocks or in pairs, are gregarious when feeding (often found with macaws or other parrots). Occupies nocturnal roosts.

Clutch and Egg Size:

2-3 eggs

Breeding Season:

Assumed to be early in the year: January-March

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The Diademed Amazon was once considered to be conspecific with the Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis).

Academic Research

Related publications: Amazona diadema

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