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Alternative name: Red-spectacled Amazon
- Amazona pretrei
Identification
32 cm
- Green plumage
- Red on forehead, face and front edge of the wings
- Pale bill
- White eye-ring
Distribution
South America: found in south-eastern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); vagrant to Paraguay and Argentina.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Open savanna woodland, araucaria pine forest and gallery forests, moist montanes and plantations.
Behaviour
Breeding
They nest in tree hollows.
Diet
The diet includes fruit, seeds or flowers.
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-spectacled Parrot. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-spectacled_Parrot