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[[Image:Tucuman Parrot.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by <b>Mark Harper in San Lorenzo, Salta, Argentina]] | [[Image:Tucuman Parrot.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by <b>Mark Harper in San Lorenzo, Salta, Argentina]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | 31cm. Green, red forehead, forecrown and on upperwings, body feathers scalloped with black, orange thighs, tail green with red at base, bill pink/tan, eye orange/red. | ||
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+ | Juvenile: As in adult but with minimal red on forehead, followed by orange in some individuals; primary coverts and thighs green. Eye grey. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | [[Argentina]] and [[Bolivia]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Moist lowland forests and montanes. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | The diet includes fruit and seeds. | ||
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+ | 3-4 eggs are laid and incubated for 23-25 days. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Amazona+tucumana}} | {{GSearch|Amazona+tucumana}} | ||
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Revision as of 17:38, 3 July 2008
- Amazona tucumana
Identification
31cm. Green, red forehead, forecrown and on upperwings, body feathers scalloped with black, orange thighs, tail green with red at base, bill pink/tan, eye orange/red.
Juvenile: As in adult but with minimal red on forehead, followed by orange in some individuals; primary coverts and thighs green. Eye grey.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and montanes.
Behaviour
The diet includes fruit and seeds.
3-4 eggs are laid and incubated for 23-25 days.