This page contains general information about the Amazona Aestiva, Xanthopteryx - Blue Fronted Amazon. Information includes: Origin, Habitat, Diet, Size, Compatibility, Sexing, Pet Characteristics, and Color.
AMAZONA AESTIVA AESTIVA: Eastern Brazil. AMAZONA AESTIVA XANTHOPTERYX: Northern and eastern Bolivia, Paraguay to northern Argentina.
Forest land to open Savannah.
Length: 35 - 40 cm.
Fruits, berries, seeds, nuts.
Plumage general bright green to olive-green. Feathers are edged with black. Forehead blue, head and face yellow. The yellow may washed with blue and green down the cheeks. Shoulders pure red (mixed with more or less yellow in AMAZONA AESTIVA XANTHOPTERYX) Red marks at the secondary wing feathers. Wings: Primaries dark green to dark grey with a bluish shine at the outer web, the secondaries have a red mark. The red band in the tail and the red marks of the secondaries join into a red semicircle when the bird is "on display" with a spreaded tail. There is a great variation in colors between individuals. Bill black. Legs grey. Iris red-orange.
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