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White-cheeked Amazon
Also Known As: White-faced Amazon, Kawall's Amazon, White-chinned Amazon
White-cheeked or Kawall’s Amazon, Cristalino Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Credit: © Arthur Grosset | http://www.arthurgrosset.com
Species Profile
Genus:Amazona
Species:
kawalli
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 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.hbw.com/ibc/
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.
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