Blue-fronted Parrotlet vs Blaustirnamazone

Touit dilectissimus verglichen mit Amazona aestiva

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Blue-fronted Parrotlet Blaustirnamazone
Wissenschaftlicher Name Touit dilectissimus Amazona aestiva
Ordnung Psittaciformes Psittaciformes
Familie Psittacidae Psittacidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Near Threatened
Länge 36,0 cm (14.2 in)
Flügelspannweite 21,8 cm (8.6 in) 55,0 cm (21.7 in)
Gewicht 65,0 g (2.29 oz) 400,0 g (14.11 oz)
Ernährung -- Seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, and flowers. Feeds in tree canopy in noisy flocks. Occasionally raids …
Gelegegröße -- 1-5
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Blue-fronted Parrotlet
Blaustirnamazone 36,0 cm
Flügelspannweite
Blue-fronted Parrotlet 21,8 cm
Blaustirnamazone 55,0 cm
Gewicht
Blue-fronted Parrotlet 65,0 g
Blaustirnamazone 400,0 g
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Blaustirnamazone

Tropical and subtropical forests, woodland, savanna, and palm groves in South America.

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Song & Call Comparison

Blue-fronted Parrotlet

Blaustirnamazone

Gesang

Loud, raucous squawking and screaming calls. Capable of impressive vocal mimicry including human speech. Contact call is a rolling 'arr-arr'. Highly vocal in social groups.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Blue-fronted Parrotlet

Blaustirnamazone

Interior of South America including Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina.

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Blue-fronted Parrotlet

Near Threatened

Blaustirnamazone

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How to Tell Them Apart

Blue-fronted Parrotlet

Blaustirnamazone

Gefieder

Green body with a turquoise-blue forehead, yellow face, and red and blue wing patches. Red at the bend of the wing visible in flight.

Schnabel

Strong, hooked, dark grey upper mandible with a paler lower mandible

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About These Birds

Blaustirnamazone

The turquoise-fronted amazon is one of the most popular pet parrots in the world, prized for its ability to mimic human speech and its engaging personality. In the wild, these sociable parrots roost communally in large flocks and fly in pairs to feeding sites at dawn. Habitat loss and trapping for the pet trade threaten wild populations.

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