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Red-spectacled Parrot

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'''Alternative name: Red-spectacled Amazon''' '''Alternative name: Red-spectacled Amazon'''
 +[[Image:Red-spectacled_ParrotOr.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|Oregonian|Oregonian}}<br />Near Santana da Boa Vista, Rio Grande do Sul, [[Brazil]] October 2010]]
;[[: Category:Amazona|Amazona]] pretrei ;[[: Category:Amazona|Amazona]] pretrei
-[[Image:Red-spectacled_ParrotOr.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Oregonian|Oregonian}}<br>Location: near Santana da Boa Vista, Rio Grande do Sul, [[Brazil]]]] 
-[[Image:Red-spectacled_Parrot.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Artwork by chico]] 
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==Identification== ==Identification==
- +32 cm
-32cm. Red on forehead, face and front edge of the wings, pale bill, white eye-ring. +*Green plumage
 +*Red on forehead, face and front edge of the wings
 +*Pale bill
 +*White eye-ring
==Distribution== ==Distribution==
-[[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], and [[Paraguay]].+[[South America]]: found in south-eastern [[Brazil]] (Rio Grande do Sul); vagrant to [[Paraguay]] and [[Argentina]].
- +
==Taxonomy== ==Taxonomy==
 +This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
==Habitat== ==Habitat==
-Savanna woodland and gallery forests, moist montanes and plantations.+[[Image:Amazona-pretrei7.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|triclaria|triclaria}}<br />Urupema, Santa Catarina, [[Brazil]], May 2012]]
 +Open savanna woodland, araucaria pine forest and gallery forests, moist montanes and plantations.
==Behaviour== ==Behaviour==
 +====Breeding====
They nest in tree hollows. They nest in tree hollows.
- +====Diet====
The diet includes fruit, seeds or flowers. The diet includes fruit, seeds or flowers.
 +==References==
 +#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Wikipedia
 +{{ref}}
==External Links== ==External Links==
{{GSearch|Amazona+pretrei}} {{GSearch|Amazona+pretrei}}
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Amazona]] [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Amazona]]

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Alternative name: Red-spectacled Amazon

Photo by OregonianNear Santana da Boa Vista, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil October 2010
Photo by Oregonian
Near Santana da Boa Vista, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil October 2010
Amazona pretrei

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[edit] Identification

32 cm

  • Green plumage
  • Red on forehead, face and front edge of the wings
  • Pale bill
  • White eye-ring

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in south-eastern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); vagrant to Paraguay and Argentina.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

[edit] Habitat

Photo by triclariaUrupema, Santa Catarina, Brazil, May 2012
Photo by triclaria
Urupema, Santa Catarina, Brazil, May 2012

Open savanna woodland, araucaria pine forest and gallery forests, moist montanes and plantations.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

They nest in tree hollows.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes fruit, seeds or flowers.

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Wikipedia

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