Red-lored Amazon
Amazona autumnalis
Also known as: Red-lored Parrot · Red Lored Amazon
Aves
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 30-50 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Flock
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- Central and South America
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Uncommon
About
This parrot lives in the humid evergreen forests of Mexico and South America. It uses its strong beak to crack open hard nuts and seeds while hanging upside down.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA few round white eggs are incubated deep in a tree cavity, the female rarely leaving until they hatch.
- 2.hatchlingA featherless hatchling is fed regurgitated food by both parents inside a tree cavity.
- 3.juvenileA feathered juvenile fledges with duller plumage than the adults, learning to crack seeds and to call.
- 4.adultFully grown with bright adult plumage.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Genus
- Amazona
- Species
- Amazona autumnalis