Size:
34-35 cm
Weight:
450-550 g
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. Beak 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.
More Information:
Content Sources:
BirdLife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots, Forshaw, 2017.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Captive Status:
Uncommon to rare.
Longevity:
60-70 yrs
Housing:
Aviary or suspended cage with a minimum length 3 m (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″ (30.5 cm x 30.5 cm x 61 cm).
Clutch Size:
2-3
Fledging Age:
8-9 weeks.
Hatch Weight:
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Peak Weight:
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Weaning Weight:
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World Population:
About 46,000-110,000 individuals, decreasing.
IUCN Red List Status:
Least Concern
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
As congener of 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 logged before July 2008.
Range:
Amazon basin of Brazil between RÃo Negro and RÃo 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
Breeding Season:
Assumed to be early in the year: January-March
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