Red-mirrored amazon
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The red-mirrored amazon ( Amazona agilis ) is a species of parrot from the subfamily of the New World parrots . The basic color of the plumage of this Amazon species, which is 25 centimeters tall, is green. This species has a red forehead plumage that is mostly limited to a few feathers. The hand covers are red, sometimes green in the females. The red-mirrored amazon is one of the few species within the genus of the amazon parrots that exhibits sexual dimorphism.
The red-mirrored amazon occurs exclusively in the moist mountain forests of Jamaica at altitudes between 500 and 800 meters. They live in small groups that usually include at least five individuals. However, flocks of thirty animals are not uncommon.
The breeding season of the red-mirrored amazon begins in January. The clutch comprises two to three, in rarer cases four eggs. The eggs are incubated for about 26 days. The young birds are fed by both parents. After about eight weeks the young birds fledge and after another four weeks independent.
It is not known how many animals of this species are still found. It is assumed, however, that the population still includes more than 10,000 individuals and that the species is therefore not threatened as such.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Lantermann, 2007, p. 119.
literature
- Werner Lantermann: Amazon parrots - biology, endangerment, keeping, species. Filander Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-930831-66-1 .
- John Stoodley, Pat Stoodley: Genus Amazona. Bezels Publications, Lovedean 1990, ISBN 0-947756-02-7 .
Web links
- Amazona agilis in the Red List of Endangered Species of the IUCN 2013.1. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2013.