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Red-tailed Amazon  

Also Known As: Purple-faced Parrot, Blue-faced Amazon (Parrot), Brazilian Green Amazon Parrot
 
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Wild Red-tailed Amazon

Credit: © Luiz Claudio Marigo | http://www.lcmarigo.com.br/ingles/index.htm
 
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Did You Know?
There is a studbook (captive breeding programme) in Europe and Brazil for these birds. Their world population stands at around 5000.

Species Profile
Genus:
Amazona

Species:
brasiliensis

Size: Adult Weight:
37cm (14.4 in) 430g (15 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults green in colour, grey edging feathers of neck to area of mantle; red forehead and lores, turning to rose/red on crown and occiput where a few feathers are tipped with purple; pink/blue chin, cheeks and ear coverts to sides of neck, the feathers edged with dull lilac; red carpal edge; centre tail feathers green, widely tipped with yellow/green, the side tail feathers widely tipped with green/yellow and banded with red near end, outer three feathers deep purple/blue at bases of outer webs. Bill dull yellow with grey near tip of upper mandible. Eye ring pale grey. Eye orange.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but with duller head colours; forehead to occiput pale pink/red; pink/mauve chin and cheeks, turning to grey/blue on ear coverts to sides of neck. Bill yellow with grey/brown at tip of upper mandible. Eye ring paler grey, eye brown.

Call: Calls while in flight. Also calls similar to Blue-fronted Amazon: musical growls and high-pitched sounds.

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Content Sources:

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1674&m=0

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/

xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.