Blue-fronted Parrot

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Theme area: Bosque de los Saimiri

Scientific name: Amazona aestiva

Class: Birds

Continent: South America

Habitat: Tropical forest

Diet: Omnivore

Weight: 280 - 510 gr

Size: 33 - 38 cm

This Amazon-resident is found in the tropical gallery forests and can live for a very long time. Easily recognisable by the colour of its chest, its wings are red or yellow and its eyes are orange. This species nests in hollows in tall trees, with clutches of 3 or 4 eggs from which hatch blind, featherless chicks that will take about two months to leave the nest.

Conservation Status

Extinct

Extinct in the wild

Critically endangered

Endangered

Vulnerable

Near threatened

Least concern

Insufficient data

Not evaluated