Parrots (Psittacidae)
Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva) - HBW 4, p. 473
French: Amazone à front bleu
German: Rotbugamazone
Spanish: Amazona Frentiazul
Other common names: Turquoise-fronted Amazon/Parrot, Blue-fronted Parrot; Yellow-winged Amazon (xanthopteryx)
Taxonomy: Psittacus aestivus Linnaeus, 1758, southern Brazil.
Race xanthopteryx has occasionally been considered a separate species. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aestiva (Linnaeus, 1758) - E Brazil from Maranhão and Pará S to Rio Grande do Sul.
- xanthopteryx (Berlepsch, 1896) - Bolivia and SW Brazil S through Paraguay to N Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched among leaves Locality Pantanal, Brazil (ssp xanthopteryx)
Max Roth 15 May 2002 6 years ago 18 sec 4.3 -
A bird resting on a branch Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp xanthopteryx)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 26 sec 4.2 -
Two birds flying, first at normal speed and then at slow motion (33 %). Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp menstruus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 July 2007 4 years ago 32 sec 4.2 -
A frontal and a dorsal view of a bird perched Locality Santa Cruz Zoo, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (ssp xanthopteryx)
Josep del Hoyo 11 September 2005 5 years ago 28 sec 4.1 -
Close-up views of a bird in a tree. Locality Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Mark Andrews 10 September 2010 50 weeks ago 17 sec 4 -
A bird on the top of a tree and climbing up on a branch Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp xanthopteryx)
Yaiza Aragón 14 March 2008 3 years ago 40 sec 4
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Close up of an adult.
Locality Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes Province, Argentina (ssp xanthopterix)
Carmelo López 30 October 2011 5 weeks ago 4.1 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes Province, Argentina (ssp xanthopterix)
Carmelo López 30 October 2011 5 weeks ago 4.1 -
Adult
Locality Chaco National Park, Chaco Province, Argentina (ssp xanthopteryx)
Horacio Luna 28 October 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Caiman Lodge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil
Nick Athanas 4 July 2006 3 years ago 4 -
A bird on the branch
Locality Passo do Lontra, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 10 August 2010 12 weeks ago 3.8 -
Portrait of an adult.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp xanthopteryx)
gemma aznar 3 October 2010 1 year ago 3.2
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A pair in fligth Locality Villa Guillermina, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
(ssp xanthopteryx)
Martin Manassero 27 December 2011 6 weeks ago 4 -
Calls of a flock (4-5 birds). Locality Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil
(ssp aestiva)
Ciro Albano 24 July 2005 2 years ago 4
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