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Turquoise-Fronted Amazon/Blue-Fronted Parrot
Amazona aestiva
-21.5953, -46.8873
Field Notes
Description:
Poaching by humans plays a key role in the frequent absence and over-exploitation of blue-fronted Amazons in the wild. Since they mainly roost in tree canopies, their cryptic color reduces predator detection. There is scarce information on the predation of blue-fronted Amazons, but it is known that falcons, hawks and owls tend to prey upon numerous species of parrots from the Amazon.
The large part of the specimens in the Zoo in my town are animals recovered by IBAMA, or, which were abandoned by their "owners".
(For those who do not know, "IBAMA" = "Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis" ["Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources"])
Habitat:
Are dispersed throughout Amazonia of South America. They frequently occur in major regions of northeastern Brazil, forests of Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina. "Blue-Fronted Amazons" are no longer found in some areas of southern Argentina. Their populations have diminished recently due to deforestation, and frequent capture for the pet trade.
Notes:
These specimens is of the zoo in my city, "Ilha de São Pedro" ("St. Peter Island")
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