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Amazona festiva
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Amazona festiva festiva |
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Common Name(s): Festive Amazon, Red Backed Amazon, or Ecuador Amazon. | |
| Natural Range: Eastern Ecuador, northeastern Peru, and most of Brazilian State of Amazonas. | |
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Description: Length 13.5 inches. Body green; nape feathers are faintly edged blackish; flight feathers edged yellowish-green, narrow band to forehead and lores dark red; area above eye and chin blue; cheeks yellowish-green; lower back red; edge of wing yellowish-green; primary-coverts and primaries violet-blue; tail green with greenish-yellow tips; beak grey; iris orange-red; feet grey. |
| Comments about (sub)species: Rare in aviculture. I have been able to find very little on this Amazon. Please email me if you have information on talking ability and general disposition. | |
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Amazona festiva bodini |
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Common Name(s): Bodin's Amazon | |
| Natural Range: Northwestern Huyana and the Benezuelan states of southern Amacuro and Bolivar. | |
| Description: Like nominate but more olive green. Cheek region turquoise blue. Ear coverts greenish blue. | |
| Comments about (sub)species: Rare in aviculture. I have been able to find very little on this Amazon. Please email me if you have information you could provide. | |
