#1167 · 🐦 birds

Turquoise-fronted Amazon

🇳🇱 Blauwvoorhoofdamazone ·Amazona aestiva

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Matt Blue · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Nick Lima · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © gusgub · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Luciano Bernardes · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © troncoso · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © anapaula2222 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Francisco Severo Neto · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The turquoise-fronted amazon ( Amazona aestiva ), also called the turquoise-fronted parrot , the blue-fronted amazon and the blue-fronted parrot , is a South American species of amazon parrot and one of the most common amazon parrots kept in captivity as a pet or companion parrot. Its common name is derived from the distinctive turquoise marking on its head just above its beak.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,489iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,489 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).