Red-lored amazon

IUCN LEAST CONCERN (LC)

 

Facts about this animal

This is a fairly large amazon with a total lenght of 34 cm and a body-weight of around 420g.

The plumage is mostly green, paler below, and with the lower half of the outer tail feathers pale yellow-green. There are usually some yellow feathers on the face, crown and hindneck are pale blue scaled with black, and there is some black scaling on the chest. The outer webs of the primary wing feathers are blue, and there is a red speculum on the wing. Lores and forehead are distinctively red.

The iris is orange, brownish in immature birds, cere and bas of bill yellowish-horn, tip of bill grey, the bare eye-ring is pale yellow, and the legs and feet are dull grey.

Outside the breeding season, red-lored amazons have communal roosts and travel in pairs, groups or large flocks, in which pairs are evident, foraging mostly in the crowns of large trees.

The nest is an unlined hollow in a tall, usually dead tree. The clutch consists usually of 3 to 4 eggs.

Red-lored amazons feed on figs, seeds, leaf buds, and some cultivated fruits such as mangoes or citrus.

 

 

How this animal should be transported

For air transport, Container Note 11D of the IATA Live Animals Regulations should be followed.

 

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Geoff Sloan