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 VU    Red-spectacled Amazon* Id (Atlas):
    Amazona pretrei

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Red-spectacled Amazon, Red-spectacled Parrot

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
30 - 32 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1830)

Habitat
Forests. Breeds in open savanna woodland and riverine forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina (NB), Brazil (B), Paraguay (NB).

Southern Brazil chiefly in Rio Grande do Sul; very rare or vagrant in Paraguay and Argentina.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 16,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction due to cutting for timber, building materials and fuelwood, intense grazing, and livestock trampling, trapping for the cage-bird trade, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Fruit, seeds and flowers.

Voice
Piercing, high-pitched screeches. A lower, hoarse 'caw caw keeu keeu' and a repeated 'hee-o hee-o hee-o'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

 
Red-spectacled Amazon (Amazona pretrei) [XC27028]
     by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Rodovia (Highway) SC-439, km 21, Urupema, Santa Catarina, Brazil (flight call)

 
Red-spectacled Amazon (Amazona pretrei) [XC51678]
     by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from SF de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes considered conspecific with Tucuman Amazon (Amazona tucumana), but they are better regarded as forming a superspecies.

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Vinaceous-breasted Amazon (Amazona vinacea) has less red on head and none at carpal joint. Pileated Parrot (Pionopsitta pileata) is much smaller with no red in wing.


References
See References.


Files:
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