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Wine Breast Amazon (Amazona vinacea)

Squad	Parrot-like
Family	Parrots
Kind	Amazons

In the photo: wine-breasted Amazon. Photo: wikimedia.org

Appearance of the wine-chested Amazon

Wine-chested Amazon is a short-tailed parrot with a body length of about 30 cm and weighing up to 370 g. Birds of both sexes are colored the same. The main body color is green. In the area of the waxwort a red spot. The neck, chest, and belly of the wine-breasted Amazon are blurry burgundy, the feathers have a dark border. The neck around is bordered with a bluish color. There are red long spots on the shoulders. The beak is quite powerful, red. Periorbital ring gray. Eyes are orange-brown. Paws are gray. This is the only species among all Amazons that has a red beak.
Life expectancy of a wine-breasted Amazon with proper care - about 50 years.

Habitat and life in the nature of the wine-chested Amazon

The wine-chested Amazon lives in southeastern Brazil and Paraguay, as well as northeast Argentina. The world population of wild birds totals 1000 - 2500 individuals. The species is threatened with extinction associated with the destruction of their natural habitats. Birds compete with each other for nesting sites. In addition, they are caught from nature for resale.
They live at an altitude of 1200 to 2000 meters above sea level in tropical and subtropical evergreen mixed forests. Brazil has coastal forests.
In the diet of wine-chested Amazons, flowers, fruits, various seeds, sometimes visit agricultural land, but they do not cause damage to crops.
Wine-chested Amazons are kept mainly in pairs or small packs of up to 30 individuals.

In the photo: wine-breasted Amazon. Photo: wikimedia.org

Breeding Amazon

The nesting period of the wine-breasted Amazon falls on September - January. They nest in large cavities of trees, but occasionally they can nest in rocks. In clutch 3 - 4 eggs.

The female incubates clutch for about 28 days.

Wine-breasted Amazon chicks leave the nest at the age of 7 - 9 weeks.