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Red-spectacled Amazon  (Amazona pretrei)

Also Known As: Red-spectacled Parrot, Pretre's Amazon or Parrot
 
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Red-spectacled Amazon perched

Credit: (c) Luiz Claudio Marigo | http://www.lcmarigo.com.br/ingles/index.htm
 
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Parrots as Pets
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Care in Captivity
Pet Suitability:
Pleasing personality, relatively quiet, inquisitive, intelligent, active.

Captive Status:
Unknown until 1980s when a few reached Europe; not well known elsewhere.

Longevity:
40+ yrs

Housing:
Aviary or suspended enclosure minimum length 3m (9.8 ft).

Enrichment:
Socialization, bathing, swings, ladders, bird-safe chew items (pine, fir, willow, elder, sterilized pine cones, vegetable tanned leather), puzzle toys, foraging toys and branches.

Nest Box Size:
12" x 12" x 24" (30.5cm x 30.5cm x 61cm) vertical box.

Clutch Size:
3 to 4

Incubation Time:
26-27 days

Fledging Age:
7-8 weeks

Hatch Weight:
10-11g (0.35-0.38 oz)

Peak Weight:
Not available

Weaning Weight:
Not available

Link to Specialist Club:
http://amazonaonline.com/TAS/modules/content/index.php?id=5

Captive Projects:
http://www.zoonews.ws/IZN/287/Amazon.html

http://www.quantum-conservation.org/ESB/RED-SPECTACLED%20AMAZON.html

More Info Sites:
http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E322.htm&Pic=322_1.JPG

http://www.birdcare.com.au/red_spectacled_amazon.htm

http://www.avianweb.com/redspectacledamazons.html