Turquoise-fronted Parrot - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Blue-fronted Parrot

Photo © by Stanley Jones
Bosques de Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2019

Amazona aestiva

Identification

37 cm (14½ in)

• Green with darker green edges
• Bright blue forehead
• Blue and white crown
• Bright yellow markings on the crown, cheeks and ears
• Wings red or red and yellow shoulder patches
• Iris:

• Male: Orange-yellow
• Female: Orange-red

Distribution

South America: found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• A. a. aestiva:

• Eastern Brazil (Maranhão and Pará to Rio Grande do Sul)

• A. a. xanthopteryx:

• Bolivia to south-western Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina

Habitat

Forest, woodlands, savanna and palm groves.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet consists of seeds and fruit from a variety of plants.

Breeding

They nest in tree cavities. The clutch consists of 3-5 white oval eggs which are incubated by the female for about 27 days. The young fledge about 60 days later.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. bluefrontparrot.com

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Turquoise-fronted Parrot. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Turquoise-fronted_Parrot

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