Stats

Lifespan: 20-30 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Tropical rainforest
Range: South America
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Vulnerable

About

This bright yellow parrot lives in the dense canopy of the Amazon rainforest. It shares a single nesting cavity with up to fourteen other adults to raise their young together.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A few round white eggs are incubated deep in a tree cavity, the female rarely leaving until they hatch.
2.
hatchling
A featherless hatchling is fed regurgitated food by both parents inside a tree cavity.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges with duller plumage than the adults, learning to crack seeds and to call.
4.
adult
Fully grown with bright adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Guaruba
Species: Guaruba guarouba