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Papagaio Verdadeiro

Amazona aestiva

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Field Notes

Description:

The Blue-fronted parrot is a bird of the family Psittacidae Psittaciformes. Also known as Ajuru-ETE, curauá, Puffin Common Puffin curauá, Parrot-front-of-blue-Greek Parrot, Parrot-Bahia, trumpeter (Mato Grosso) and Laurel, as indeed are all called tame parrots in our country

Habitat:

Interior of South America, northeast Brazil, eastern Bolivia, Paraguay to northern Argentina. Present in the interior of Brazil, the Northeast (Piaui, Pernambuco and Bahia), Midwest (Minas Gerais, Goias and Mato Grosso) and the South Santa Catarina (including coastline) and Rio Grande do Sul

Notes:

The first picture was in captivity. The second, in nature, in Buritizeiro-MG.

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Blue-fronted parrots are really pretty, angelog.ambiental! Don't forget to add where did you spotted them, in the wild or in the zoo :)

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PublishedJanuary 28, 2012

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