The yellow-faced Amazon [1] , or Surinamese Amazon [2] ( Latin Amazona ochrocephala ) is a bird of the parrot family.
| Yellow-faced Amazon |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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| International scientific name |
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Amazona Ochrocephala Gmelin , 1788 |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22686346 |
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Body length up to 37 cm. The color of the plumage is green, a darker shade in the upper part of the body. The front of the crown of the head and forehead are yellow in color. The shoulder blade is red. On the back and neck there are partially feathers with a dark border. On the plumage there is a red mirror. The tail feathers are green; they are red at the base. The bill is black-gray, at the base of the beak there are red spots. Around the eyes there is a gray area. The iris is orange. Under natural conditions, a large number of different colors are found.
It lives in Central and South America from Mexico to northern Brazil and eastern Peru [3] .
It is inhabited by tropical forests , mangroves , arable land and cultivated land. Usually found in pairs, less often in packs. They feed on fruits, walnuts , grains, berries.
In captivity, Surinamese Amazons breed more easily than other Amazon species. The mating season in North America begins from February or March to June — July. In one clutch there are 3-4 eggs. The size of the nest box must correspond to the size: 30x30x60 cm. The incubation period lasts 24-26 days. Chicks fledge at 10-12 weeks of age. During breeding, males become aggressive towards females. Cutting off feathers before the breeding season helps females escape from males and hide in shelters.
The view includes 4 subspecies [3] :
- Amazona ochrocephala panamensis ( Cabanis , 1874 ) - western Panama and northwestern Colombia ;
- Amazona ochrocephala ochrocephala ( Gmelin , 1788 ) - eastern Colombia, Venezuela , northern Brazil, Guyana ;
- Amazona ochrocephala xantholaema Berlepsch , 1913 - Marajo island in the Amazon delta (northern Brazil);
- Amazona ochrocephala nattereri ( Finsch , 1865 ) - southern Colombia, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, western Brazil.
- ↑ A systematic list of vertebrates in zoological collections on 01/01/2012 // Andreeva T.F., Vershinina T.A., Goretskaya M. Ya., Karpov N.V., Kuzmina L.V., Ostapenko V.A., Sheveleva V.P. Informational collection of the Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Issue No. 31. Volume II. Mezhved. collection. scientific and scientific method. tr / Ed. V.V. Spitsina. - M.: Moscow Zoo, 2012 .-- S. 371. - 570 p. ISBN 978-5-904012-37-3 PDF Archived May 24, 2013.
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 112. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 Psittaciformes Order Archived on August 6, 2012. on the World Bird List of the International Union of Bird watchers (IOC World Bird List version 3.3)
