Population
Estimated population is 4,000 - 5,500 (2010) and increasing.
Status NT
Habitat loss for boat building, banana plantations, cattle- and buffalo-grazing and beach houses, trapping for the cage-bird trade are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Mainly frugivorous. But also leaves, flowers and insects within fruit.
Voice
High-pitched and musical growls, 'klit-cráu, klit-cráú', and liquid chatters.
Red-tailed Amazon (Amazona brasiliensis) [XC18128]
by Antonio Silveira from Restinga de Itanha\u00e9m, S\u00e3o Paulo State, Brazil (call)
Red-tailed Amazon (Amazona brasiliensis) [XC427055]
by Carlos Henrique Luz Nunes de Almeida from Restinga - entorno do Rio Preto, Itanhaem-SP, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (canto)
Subspecies
Possibly forms a superspecies with Red-browed Amazon (Amazona rhodocorytha) and Blue-cheeked Amazon (Amazona dufresniana) and has been treated as conspecific with both.