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Birds · Psittaciformes · Psittacidae
Turquoise-fronted Amazon
Amazona aestiva
It could become endangered in the near future if current threats go unchecked. See full glossary
The turquoise-fronted amazon, known in Spanish as loro hablador, is a green parrot with a blue forehead and yellow patches on the face, widespread across central South America. It is one of the most heavily trapped parrots in the world for the pet trade because of its reputation as a talker, and that pressure, together with the felling of the dry forests where it nests, has put it into decline despite its still being relatively common.
Weight
375 g – 550 g
Size
35 cm – 40 cm
Lifespan
50 years
Diet
Herbivore
Feeds mainly on plants.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
In pairs
Usually lives in pairs, sometimes for life.
Sighting difficulty
Moderate
Fun facts
- GeneralOne of the most talkative parrots, and one of the most heavily taken for the pet trade.
- It is one of the parrots most able to imitate the human voice, and that reputation is precisely the cause of its decline: for decades it was one of the most heavily exported parrots in the world from Argentina and Brazil.
- In Argentina there is a sustainable-use scheme in the Chaco: a limited number of chicks are taken from monitored nests, local communities are paid and the forest is protected, a controversial model but one that has reduced poaching.
- Its communal roosts gather hundreds of birds and are one of the noisiest spectacles of the Chaco evening.
Life cycle & biology
- Skeleton type
- Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)
- Habitat & environment
- Dry forest, chaco, cerrado, palm groves and wooded savannah of central South America
- Size at birth
- Altricial: born blind, naked or with sparse down and entirely dependent
- Sexual maturity
- 4 years
- Gestation / incubation
- 27 days of incubation
- Litter / clutch size
- 3 eggs
Sources consulted: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | https://animaldiversity.org/ | https://es.wikipedia.org/
Where to find it
See its range on the interactive mapBest time: All year round in the Chaco, the Pantanal and the Cerrado, by day; it is easiest to detect at dawn, when the flocks leave their roosts.
Where to watch it
Parques y spots de buceo donde se ha documentado esta especie — se muestran 10 de 29 documentados.
Related species
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Turquoise-fronted Amazon — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachus
Burrowing Parrot
Cyanoliseus patagonus
Hyacinth Macaw
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
Tucuman Amazon
Amazona tucumana
Least ConcernScarlet Macaw
Ara macao
Military Macaw
Ara militaris
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