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White-cheeked Amazon  

Also Known As: White-faced Amazon, Kawall's Amazon, White-chinned Amazon
 
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White-cheeked or Kawall’s Amazon, Cristalino Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Credit: © Arthur Grosset | http://www.arthurgrosset.com
 
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Did You Know?
Amazona kawalli was only recently discovered.

Species Profile
Genus:
Amazona

Species:
kawalli

Size: Adult Weight:
38cm (14.8 in) Not available

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults in general green; black dusting feathers of crown to upper mantle and sides of neck; secondary feathers 1-3 red at bases, the remainder green; yellow/green carpal edge; tail green with broad yellow/green tip, the side tail feathers red at bases bordered with purple/blue, the outermost feathers margined with blue. Bill horn in colouration with dark grey culmen and tip to upper mandible. Buff/white bare skin at base of bill. Eye ring grey. Eye orange/red.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adults.

Call: Call in flight wheeou, wheeou.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E335.htm&Pic=335_1.JPG

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1684&m=0

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 of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.