French: Toui de D’Achille German: Amazonassittich Spanish: Cotorrita amazónica
Other common names:
O’Neill et al.
65 km east-north-east of Pucallpa, right bank of Río Shesha, Ucayali, Peru
Lowlands of E Peru (locally S from Loreto), NW Bolivia (Pando#R and La Paz) and adjacent W Brazil (Acre).
14 cm; 38–46 g. Green, more yellowish on underparts; forehead, lores and crown pale powdery blue; chin greenish yellow; flight-feathers green on outer webs, dusky black... read more
Different chirping calls described, e.g. “chip”,“chirrup” or “tseep!”, even recalling House Sparrow... read more
Trees and natural secondary vegetation along rivers in lowland tropical forest; not seen in closed-... read more
Food and feeding
Seeds of Guadua bamboo, ripe fruits of a Coussapoa vine, Cecropia catkins, Vernonia seeds and fruits or... read more
Apparent nest in hole in clump of epiphytes near top of a 25 m tree seen under inspection in Jul and Sept.
Nothing is known, but use of bamboo suggests degree of nomadism possible.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. CITES II. Currently considered Near Threatened. Common to abundant at type locality, and present in Tambopata Reserve and Manu National Park.
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