Red-tailed Amazon
Rotschwanzamazone (Amazona brasiliensis)
The Rotschwanzamazone (Amazona brasiliensis) is a medium sized parrot native to South America from the subfamily of Neuweltpapageien. She was temporarily classified as a subspecies of Dufresnesamazone, but is now regarded as a separate article
Description
The ground color of the plumage of this 37 inches tall expectant and overall very colorful Amazonenart is green, the underparts plays into greenish yellow. The vertex, the eyes and the forehead reins are red, at the top and at the back the feathers are also lined in blue. The ear and the cheek stain springs are also lined with blue, but the springs are a total of purple. The Armschwingendecken, the wing feathers and back feathers, however, are lined with yellow.
Dissemination
Its distribution is restricted to a narrow coastal strip in the south-eastern Brazil, they inhabits there mangrove swamps, wetlands and coastal forests. Meanwhile breed Rotschwanzamazonen only on the off-shore islands Ilha Comprida and Ilho do Mer and only come to the food on the mainland. The stock of Rotschwanzamazone is estimated at 3500 to 4500 individuals.
Way of life
While most Amazon parrots is food generalists who Rotschwanzamazone eats mainly the fruits of Callophyllum brasiliense, Syagus romanzoffianum and Psidium cattleyanum, but also uses 68 additional fodder crops.