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Vinaceous Amazon  (Amazona vinacea)

Also Known As: Vinaceous-breasted Amazon or Parrot
 
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Wild Vinaceous Amazon

Credit: © Luiz Claudio Marigo | http://www.lcmarigo.com.br/ingles/index.htm
 
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Did You Know?
The Vinaceous Amazon usually nests in large, hollow trees but occasionally will also nest in cliff crevices. This bird is also the only Amazon that has a red beak.

Status in the Wild
World Population:
2500-10,000

Range: SE Brazil from S Bahia and W Espirito Santo south to NE Argentina, in Misiones and possibly NE Corrientes, and SE Paraguay.

Habitat:
Found up to 1200m (3936 ft), locally 2000m (6560 ft) in tropical and subtropical mixed evergreen forest; in Brazil humid coastal forest, in E Paraguay Araucaria angustifolia stands and Euterpeedulis woodlands.

Threat Summary:
Loss of habitat; selective logging, colonisation and agriculture threaten remaining forests. Also, a massive bird-smuggling operation was centred in Paraguay recently, and included Amazona vinacea.

IUCN Rating:
Endangered

Wild Diet:
Feeds on flowers, fruits, seeds; may take cultivated crops, but impact from that is thought to be low.

CITES Rating:
Appendix I

Ecology:
Found generally in pairs or small flocks with larger groups of around 30 in July-August. Nests in hollow of large tree; may breed in loose colonies.

Clutch and Egg Size:
3-4 oval-shaped eggs, 38.0 x 28.5mm (1.5 x 1.1 in).

Breeding Season:
September-January

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.rufford.org/rsg/projects/kristina_cockle

http://www.clemetzoo.com/conservation/grants/small/2006/cockle.asp

More Info Sites:
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/cpd/sa/sa18.htm

http://amazonaonline.com/TAS/modules/article/view.article.php?c4/19