Turquoise-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva)

Other Names (World)
Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Blue-fronted Amazon, Blue-fronted Parrot, Turquoise-fronted Parrot, Yellow-winged Amazon (xanthopteryx)

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
35 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forest, shrubland and savanna. From sea-level - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (92)...)

Turquoise-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva) [XC616276]
by Fabrice Schmitt from Filadelfia, Filadelfia, Boquer\u00f3n, Paraguay (call)

Turquoise-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva) [XC427050]
by Crizanto B. De-Carvalho from Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Biol\u00f3gica de Canudos, Canudos-BA, Bahia, Brazil (canto)

Subspecies
Subspecies xanthopteryx has occasionally been considered a separate species.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

aestiva (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eastern Brazil from Maranh�o and Pará south to Rio Grande do Sul.
xanthopteryx (von Berlepsch, 1896) - Bolivia and south-western Brazil south through Paraguay to northern Argentina.

References
See References.

Files:

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