Latin name: Amazona autumnalis

Listed in Annex II of the Washington Convention.

This species is very widely imported from Central America and regularly bred in captivity.

The specimens offered for sale are often captured in the wild.

Height: approximately 35 cm
Weight: 400 to 500g
Colour: red forehead, yellow cheeks, top of the head and nape of the neck covered with green and blue feathers.

Horn-coloured beak with a grey tip.
Rest of the body covered with green.

No visible difference between male and female.

This page does not include details on the four subs-species since the main species is prevalent. Its tricolour head is characteristic: red, yellow, and blue. However, the distribution of colours varies widely from one individual bird to another.

Like the African grey parrot, the red-fronted amazon is disproportionately exported without concern for the future of the species. In certain zones, the wild population is already scarce. The continuous pressure of trade may lead, over the coming years, to a precipitous decline in the population. Although offered up for sale, those Amazona autumnalis seized in the wild cannot tolerate captivity and remain nervous and unstable.

The Amazona autumnalis is indigenous to Central America across an expanse of several thousand kilometres: from northern Mexico down to the coastal areas of Venezuela and Ecuador.

This parrot prefers wooded areas and plains, where it lives in groups of several hundred individuals.

The map below is currently available only in French. An English version will soon be made available.