Festive Amazon
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The Festive Amazon Parrot's range stretches from eastern Ecuador, northeast Peru and southeast Colombia east to Amazon basin, and as far as lower Rio Madeira.
Description:
This parrot averages 13.5 ins (34 cm) in length, from head to tail.
The plumage of this parrot is generally green; although the nape feathers are faintly edged with black and the flight feathers are edged yellowish-green. It has a narrow dark red band to forehead and lores. The area above the eye and chin are blue, and the cheeks are yellow-green. The lower back is scarlet. The primary-coverts and primaries are violet-blue. The tail is green with greenish-yellow tips.
The feet are grey, the bill grey and the irises orange-red.
Immatures have dark irises and display a less intense color to the head. Their lower back is virtually green; some of the outer tail-feathers have a red base.
Procurement / Care:
For information on purchasing this bird, please consider the following resources:
- What Bird Fits Into My Lifestyle?
- Procuring Birds
- Do you breed this species and would like to be listed? Click here for info.
- NOTE: Aviculturists and breeders of Protected Species that take part in the preservation and conservation of critically endangered birds are encouraged to list their group information at no cost to them. Please e-mail me the information.
Please refer to the following websites for information:
- Optimal nutrition to keep your bird healthy
- Housing your bird
- Caring for your companion bird
Species: Scientific: Amazona festiva festiva ... English: Festive Amazon ... Dutch: Blauwbaardamazone ... German: Blaubart Amazone, Blaukinnamazone ... French: Amazone à dos rouge 
CITES II - Endangered Species Sub-Species: bodini, festiva Distribution: Eastern Equador, North-eastern Peru, South-eastern
Colombia, Brazil
Sub-species:
The Bodninus Amazon is common in its range, which stretches from Central Venezuela along Orinoco to Rio Meta; north-western Guyana, preferring forest and secondary vegetation areas along rivers and forested islands within river systems.
Description: Like the Festiva Amazon Parrot featured above it averages 13.5 ins (34 cm) in length. They have a blackish bill and their plumage is also alike to that of the Festiva Parrot -- except it has a more yellowish plumage. They have a red band to forehead which extends to the forecrown. The crown and nape are edged with dull lilac. The lores are blackish, the cheeks are suffused with blue and the primary-coverts are green.
Little information of this bird in captivity is known, except that it is a relatively noisy bird, somewhat shy in the beginning but grows more confiding over time. They have a quiet temperament but can get excited and agitated. They are very heavy chewers and their need to chew needs to be accommodated with a steady supply of fresh branches.
They are not hardy and proper care should be undertaken to ensure that they are not exposed to temperatures below 41°F ( 5°C) until they have been properly acclimatized.
Housing: Accommodation should be of metal construction. Outside flights are preferred with a minimum space requirement of 12 x 5 x 6 ft (4 x 15 x 2 m) with an adjacent shelter of 5 x 3 x 6 ft (1.5 x 1 x 2 m).
Diet: Their natural diet consists of fruits, seeds, berries, nuts, flowers and leaf buds. Captive birds may be fed a good quality seed mix of safflower, sheat oats, hemp, dried rowan-berries; buckwheat and mungo beans; sprouted sunflower; some pine-nuts; various fruit and vegetables; half-ripe maize; rose-hips; greenfood; in addition to the regular vitamin and mineral supplements.
Procurement & Care:
For information on purchasing this bird, please consider the following resources:
- What Bird Fits Into My Lifestyle?
- Procuring Birds
- Do you breed this species and would like to be listed? Click here for info.
- NOTE: Aviculturists and breeders of Protected Species that take part in the preservation and conservation of critically endangered birds are encouraged to list their group information at no cost to them. Please e-mail me the information.
Please refer to the following websites for information:
- Optimal nutrition to keep your bird healthy
- Housing your bird
- Caring for your companion bird
Species: Scientific: Amazona festiva bodini ... English: Bodinus' Amazon ... Dutch: Bodinus' Amazone ... German: Bodinus Amazone ... French: Amazone de Bodin CITES II - Endangered Species
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