Jayd Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 So many beautiful Amazons to choose from...so little time to pick just one...ah well...here is my pick of the week... The Festive Amazon (Amazona festiva) inhabits the areas of eastern Ecuador, Peru and southeast Colombia east to Amazon basin, and as far as lower Rio Madeira. Festive Amazon Amazona festiva Northern South America Festive Amazons are beautiful, medium sized, Amazon parrots. The body color is forest green with slight black scalloping. Festives have red to maroon markings on the brows and blue crowns and a dark frontal band. Primary and secondary flight feathers are green with blue tips. Tail feathers green with yellowish green tips. Red patches on outer tail feathers. Festives have a unique bright red patch on the rump, which is not found in any other species. Subspecies- A. f. festiva – From Amazon river basin – beak is horn colored, narrow red frontal band, yellow on forecrown. A. f. bodini – From Orinoco river – beak is black, red on crown is much more extensive Inhabits lowland tropical rainforests along the Amazon and Orinoco rivers and tributaries. Live in swampy forests, river islands, cacao plantations, gallery forests and savannahs. Found in pairs and small flocks of up to 50 birds. Nest in tree cavities. They feed primarily in trees but because of their remote habitat, details of the wild diet are poorly known. Length is 11 to 13 inches. Weight is 350 to 450 grams. Males are generally larger than females and have larger heads and beaks. Males also tend to be slightly more colorful. Eyes of juveniles are brown while eyes of adults are orange-yellow. Juveniles have mainly green rumps and less extensive facial coloring. Festive amazons can probably live up to 50-60 years or more. Little is known about their life span in captivity. Breeding age is approximately 3-5 years. Personality - Festive amazons seldom available as pets. They have moderate to poor speaking ability. They are intelligent, and inquisitive but tend to be relatively shy. Males in general are much more common than females. Juveniles are generally tame and handelable. They are common in captivity at this time and are seldom available for pets. They are active by nature and are not so prone to obesity as other Amazons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festive_Amazon http://www.avianweb.com/festiveamazon.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 And festive looking they are Jay, another beautiful entry into the Amazon collection, I declare it a winner!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kihei Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 What a gorgeous gorgeous birdy! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywings Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 A little Rain Forest Rainbow in feathers, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Another great Amazon profile Jay!!!! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillyBeanz Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Oh so pretty - you can see where they get their name from! I can't believe they are so exuberantly coloured, yet labelled as shy! Thanks yet again Jay for a fantastic bit of info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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