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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut	Ara de Buffon	Amazone à front bleu
Nom scientifique	Ara ambiguus	Amazona aestiva
Ordre	Psittaciformes	Psittaciformes
Famille	Psittacidae	Psittacidae
Statut de conservation	Critically Endangered	Near Threatened
Longueur	—	36,0 cm (14.2 in)
Envergure	80,0 cm (31.5 in)	55,0 cm (21.7 in)
Poids	1131,5 g (39.91 oz)	400,0 g (14.11 oz)
Régime alimentaire	--	Seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, and flowers. Feeds in tree canopy in noisy flocks. Occasionally raids …
Taille de la couvée	2-3	1-5
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Ara de Buffon —

Amazone à front bleu 36,0 cm

Envergure

Ara de Buffon 80,0 cm

Amazone à front bleu 55,0 cm

Poids

Ara de Buffon 1131,5 g

Amazone à front bleu 400,0 g

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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

🌲 Forest

Ara de Buffon only

Aucun(e)

Amazone à front bleu only

Aucun(e)

Amazone à front bleu

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

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Song & Call Comparison

Ara de Buffon

Amazone à front bleu

Chant

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

Ara de Buffon

Amazone à front bleu

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

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Statut de conservation

Critically Endangered

Ara de Buffon

Near Threatened

Amazone à front bleu

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How to Tell Them Apart

Ara de Buffon

Amazone à front bleu

Plumage

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.

Bec

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

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About These Birds

Ara de Buffon

Amazone à front bleu

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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