Amazona vinacea

(Kuhl, 1820)

Vernacular names
English : Vinaceous-breasted amazon
French : Amazone vineuse

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Psittaciformes
Family : Psittacidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
The species can reach 30 cm in length, weight unknown. Red forehead band, plumage dark green with black edge on neck and breast feathers. Breast is purple-violet, sometimes belly too. Erectile blue-violet nape feathers.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in South America, in eastern Brazil from Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul, in eastern Paraguay and North Argentina (Misiones). Mostly found in forests where Araucaria angustifolia occurs.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : ENDANGERED
CITES : Appendix I
Status : The species has experienced a catastrophic decline throughout its range because of deforestation. Trapping for the trade is a problem locally.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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