Eastern Brazil in Alagoas and from Bahia south to Rio de Janeiro and Sío Paulo.
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 2,499 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
Habitat destruction through conversion to plantations and pastureland, trapping for the cage-bird trade are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Fruit, seeds, berries and buds procured in treetops. Has also been recorded feeding in papaya, jackfruit, mangoes, cocoa, banana and coffee plantations.
Voice
Low-pitched and nasal 'crawa' notes and other squeaks.
Red-browed Amazon (Amazona rhodocorytha) [XC314827]
by Henry Miller Carneiro Alexandre from Reserva Natural da Vale do Rio Doce, ES, Brazil (call)
Red-browed Amazon (Amazona rhodocorytha) [XC427060]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from RPPN Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Veracel, Porto Seguro-BA, Bahia, Brazil (canto)
Subspecies
Possibly forms a superspecies with Blue-cheeked Amazon (Amazona dufresniana) and Red-tailed Amazon (Amazona brasiliensis) and has been treated as conspecific with Blue-cheeked Amazon (Amazona dufresniana), or even both.