Scaly-naped Amazon

Identificazione

Adults are 34 cm (13.2) long and weigh 300 g (10.5 oz). Nominate forms are bright green in color, with dark green feathers tinged a dull blue/black and tipped with a dull black from the crown to the nape. The eyes are red with a pale gray eye-ring. The first to third secondary wing feathers have red bases, with the remaining wing feathers having green bases. The carpal edge is yellow mixed with red and orange. The tail is green with a yellow-green band, with the side tail feather being banded red and blue-purple and the outermost tail feather being margined with blue-purple. The bill is gray and horn in color. Juveniles are similar in appearance to adults, but possess a pale horn colored bill tinged with gray and brown eyes.<p>It makes a variety of calls and vocalizations. One of the most common is a repeated ka-lee.

Tassonomia

There are two subspecies:<p>A. m. mercenarius- the nominate subspecies.<p>A. m. canipalliata- It is similar to the nominate, but has hidden maroon marks instead of the red speculum at the bases of the first to third wing secondaries.

Nome scientifico

Amazona mercenarius

Autorità

(Tschudi, 1844)

Ordine

Psittaciformi

Famiglia

Psittacidae

Genere

Amazona

Areale e habitat

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. It occurs at elevations of 800–1,600 m (2,600–5,200 ft) above sea level. Within its range, it is usually the only species in its genus present. It inhabits hill and mountain forest in the upper tropical, subtropical and temperate areas. It also lives in open woodland containing large trees, open forest on ridges, and in wooded valleys and ravines in the paramo zone.

Migrazione

Nomade

Comportamento

Comportamento migratorio: Nomade.

Conservazione

Tendenza della popolazione: in diminuzione.

Tendenza della popolazione

in diminuzione