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Status in the Wild

World Population:
Not recorded

Range:
A.a. amazonica: N and E Colombia to N Venezuela, including Isla Margarita and south of Rio Orinoco throughout Amazonas and Bolivar, and the Guianas and Amazon River basin, south in Brazil to Mato Grosso, W Sao Paulo and N Parana, and E Bolivia, to E Ecuador and E Peru; occasionally in coastal Brazil, from Pernambuco south to NE Sao Paulo.
A.a. tobagensis: Trinidad and Tobago.


Habitat:
Utilizes all kinds of lowland forest and wooded country, near water, including tropical rainforest, savanna and other seasonal woodlands, cultivated areas with trees, mangroves, vareza forest and gallery woodlands. Mostly below 600m (1968 ft) but up to 1200m (3936 ft).

Threat Summary:
Heavily trapped for the wild-bird trade: 268,510 wild-caught individuals have been recorded in international trade since 1981. Also hunted for food. Habitat loss a concern. May benefit when land clearance leaves a mosaic landscape.

IUCN Rating:
Least concern

Wild Diet:
Eats palm fruits (Sloanea, Richeria and Byrsonima), flowers of Erythrina, other food plants. May take oranges and mango in cultivated areas when other food is scarce.

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Like to be near water; roosts communally in clumps of trees, giant bamboos or palms. Several pairs combine in loose flocks with groups up to 50 individuals quite common and 200 or more not unusual. May also visit urban areas.

Clutch and Egg Size:
3 or 4 elliptical to ovate eggs, 37.5 x 29.0mm (1.5 x 1.1 in).

Breeding Season:
January-June, Trinidad and Tobago; December-February, Magdalena Valley.

Links to Other Project(s):
http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/research/parrot/

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/65501293/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

More Info Sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-winged_Amazon

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