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Species Profile

Genus:
Amazona

Species:
guildingii

Size:	Adult Weight:
41cm (16 in)	660-700g (23-24.5 oz)

Races including nominate:
One race, 2 morphs-golden brown, green

Colourization Adult: Golden/brown morph- both adults plumage mainly golden/brown, the feathers edged with soft black; buff/white forehead, forecrown and lores to area around eyes, joining orange on hindcrown and forecheeks and throat; purple/blue ear coverts and hindcheeks; nape and hindneck olive/green tinted with blue and edged with black; upper tertiary feathers dark green tinted with brown, lower tertiary feathers dark green tinted with purple/blue, occasionally tipped with yellow; orange carpal edge; outer secondary feathers purple/blue with orange at bases, banded in middle with green; yellow greater underwing coverts and underwings; tail orange at base with broad middle band of dark purple/blue and tipped with orange/yellow. Bill horn in colour tinted with olive/green. Eye ring gray, eye orange. Green morph-both adults dark green upperparts and lower underparts; green underwing coverts and underwings (flight feathers); tail green at base with broad middle band of purple/blue and tipped with yellow.

Colourization Juvenile: Variable but duller than adult, especially on head. Bill horn coloured with grey at base of upper mandible. Eye brown.

Call: Varied calls including yapping cries, loud trumpeting, honking (as in domestic goose), shrieking, squawks, and bubbling sounds. Some calls complex; trills, whistles and shrieks.

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