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Tucuman Amazon
Also Known As: Alder Parrot (Amazon)
Tucuman Amazon (Amazona tucumana)
Credit: © Uriel Collina
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Did You Know?
Tucuman fledglings are noisy and fearless. One breeder reports that 20 in one flight were so active, boisterous and happy that it was hazardous to enter their enclosure!
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Species Profile
Genus:Amazona
Species:
tucumana
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 31cm (12.1 in) | 320g (11.2 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults mainly green, largish parrots; stocky, with short tail. Red forehead, forecrown and on upperwings; body feathers scalloped with black; orange thighs; tail green with red at base. Bill pink/tan. Eye orange/red.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but with minimal red on forehead, followed by orange in some individuals; primary coverts and thighs green. Eye grey.
Call: Mainly shrieking.
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Content Sources:
L. Rivera, 2004
Article, "Tucuman Amazon," by Susan Clubb, DVM
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1667&m=0
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
ML Media Collection Catalogue 129095, Tucuman Parrot Amazona tucumana, Andersen, Michael, Jujuy, Argentina, Oct. 22 2005, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Genus Amazona,Stoodley and Stoodley, 1990
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
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