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Tucuman Parrot

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==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. 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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Amazona tucumana
Photo by Mark Harper in San Lorenzo, Salta, Argentina
Photo by Mark Harper in San Lorenzo, Salta, Argentina

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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

Argentina and Bolivia.

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.

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