Red-tailed Amazon

Red-tailed Amazons weigh around 425 g and are approximately 35 cm long. As expected from its common name, it has a broad red band on its tail, but as it largely is limited to the inner webs of the feathers, it is mainly visible from below or when the tail is spread open. Additionally, the tail has a broad yellow tip, and the outer rectrices are dark purplish-blue at the base. The remaining plumage is green, while the throat, cheeks and auriculars are purple-blue, the forecrown is red, and the retrices are broadly tipped dark blue. It has a yellowish bill with a blackish tip to the upper mandible, a pale grey eye ring, and orange irises. Juveniles have a duller plumage and a brown irises.

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The Red-tailed Amazon is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

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that have been breeding Red-Tailed Amazons for several years with moderate success (www.theparrotsocietyuk.org/). Unfortunately, not enough is being done to guarantee this species survival into the coming years. www.chesterzoo.org/corporate.asp?Page=130 Legislation to Protect the Red Tailed Parrot There are very few national and international legislative bodies that protect the Red-Tailed Amazon Parrot and those that do exist are rarely sufficiently enforced. More

The Red-tailed Amazon is associated with the Atlantic Forest system, and lives in forests, woodlands and mangroves near the coast. This species is almost entirely restricted to lowlands, typically occurring at altitudes below 200 meters (650 ft) above sea-level, though sometimes reaching altitudes up to 700 m (23000 ft) (BirdLife International). More

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The red-tailed Amazon has a mainly deep green plumage with a broad red band on the tail, for which it is named, that becomes especially visible when the birds are displaying. The forehead is rose-red, shading to purplish-pink on the mid-crown, while ... More

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Red-tailed Amazon Amazona brasiliensis 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Vulnerable Justification Trapping for the cagebird trade and habitat loss are the most important threats to this species. More

The Red-tailed Amazon is in big trouble, and is a symbol of the efforts to conserve one of the Earth's most biologically diverse ecosystems, the Serra do Mar and the Guaraqueçaba region of southern Brazil, which was declared a "World Heritage" site in 1992. This is quoting my image and text contribution to Wikipedia. More

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Red-Tailed Amazon, Yellow-Headed Amazon and Green-Cheeked Amazon are just some of the other Amazons currently listed as endangered. Macaws are also suffering. There are now 16 living species of macaw, although one of these, the Spix's macaw, is teetering on the verge of extinction with just one individual bird left. More

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The red-tailed Amazon, which is locally known as "Papagaio da Cara Roxa," is very endangered. It is the symbol of the Guarague More

The red-tailed amazon is a medium-sized parrot; the tail is slightly rounded and less than one third of the total length (total length= 37 cm). The plumage is mainly green with paler underparts, the top of the head is pinkish-red, the cheeks, chin, ear coverts, throat and upper breast are greyish blue. The undertail coverts are yellowish-green. More

Order : Psittaciformes
Family : Psittacidae
Genus : Amazona
Species : brasiliensis
Authority : (Linnaeus, 1758)