Parrot Amazon. Lifestyle and habitat Amazon parrot
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These are rather large parrots of dense physique. The length of birds ranges from 25 cm to 45 cm. As it can be seen in the photo, the painting of the plumage is mostly green, one species have red spots on the head and tail, others have a red "mirror" on the wing.
A characteristic feature of these parrots is a strong beak of moderate length and round shape and an implite forming to the base of a sharp edge. Wings of medium length, until the end of the tail does not reach.
The habitat of the Amazon parrots is Central and South America, as well as the islands of the Caribbean. Parrots in tropical forests nest. There are about 27 species of Amazon.
Young parrots have a gray-rainbow eye shell. To two - three years at Amazon, the Rainbow Eye Shell changes the color to red or on brown. After three years it is very difficult to determine the age of the bird. Determine the half of Amazon in adulthood is visually practically impossible. Live these pets up to 70 years.
Sielloby Amazon is sharply pursued due to harm, which they apply to fruit gardens and maize plantations, as well as for their meat. However, the protective color is well hiding birds in the greenery of trees and hunters track them with great difficulty. Among the Amazon parrots there are 26 species.
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Like all major, Amazons are rather demanding on the content conditions. These are very movable, active and playful birds, so at room content they need provide a spacious cellwhere the bird could wave the wings and at the same time not to cling to the bars of the lattice, thus the minimum cell size will be 70x80 cm.
Also in the cage hang ropes, rings, etc. From the machines coming on sale and sawing for Amazon usually use mounted metal bowls, while undesirable to put them on the floor of the cell, since in nature these birds are very rarely descended to the ground. Also in the cage must constantly have mineral feeding: sepia (Cracatin shell), mineral stone for birds, bowl with crushed shells, etc.
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It has a calm and balanced character. These birds are not subject to psychological problems that sometimes inherent in large parrots. Get used to the capture pretty quickly, easily tame and go to contact with a person. Some species of these parrots are able to perfectly imitate human speech and inferior in this skill only. Amazons are also well imitating various household and other sounds: the sound of the siren, barking the dog.
Unlike other birds that, with a large cluster, people calm down, these pets on the contrary can even attract your attention. With a molting, they do not stand out a huge number of fluff, like other parrots. The disadvantage, with the content of certain types of Amazon, can be considered aggression, which they usually show during the reproduction period, approximately a couple of months a year. At this time it is better to limit the bird freedom. And if from childhood it is properly raising a pet, then this period is easier.
Family couple parrots Amazon
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The swimming of Amazon parrots is very useful for the skin and plumage. Pet can be easily sprayed with water sprouter. This type of parrot is fairly active, so the cell for their content should be very spacious, it is best if the bird can fly in it. Buy a square cage that the bird would have corners in which she could hide when she was scary. The cell must be equipped with reliable locks.
Amazon parrots are very quickly adapted to new conditions. The most important is trust, so do not hurry and take patience. Most Amazons are better learned in the evenings: do not abuse classes, better if they last about 20 minutes with an interval at least an hour. It is desirable to start training when the bird trusts you with you, allows you to scratch my head, calmly sits on your hand or on my shoulder, ideally when you can turn it on your back. Remember that any types of corporal punishments are completely not allowed with birds. It can destroy the trust that you earned maybe for a lot of time. The same applies to the training of these pets conversation.
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Any parrot Amazon can learn a few wordsAlthough it, of course, depends more than its abilities. But despite all the efforts, "speech" will be with the "bird" emphasis, such accuracy, like Jaco you will not achieve. Yellow Hallet and Syeloby - Champions among Amazons in the conversational genre. In the nature of these species, these species also remember the sounds, with the help of which they have to communicate with relatives. Amazon parrots for their nature are crying. Therefore, in captivity, they behave quite noisy, usually in the morning and in the evening. It is worth paying special attention when choosing this bird to subsequently not have problems with the nearest home environment.
Main food of Amazon parrots - grain mix. It is advisable to buy food in specialized stores, but if there is no such possibility, you can make it yourself, focusing on the following percentage: 40% of millet, 20% oats, 10% of Canary seed, 10% sunflower seeds, 15% wheat, 5% corn. Be sure to give an animal mineral feeding. These very good appetite. Usually, with the disease in other types of parrots, the appetite disappears, Amazons, even being sick, eat well. Breeders of these birds advise adhere to vegetarian food. The meat is not recommended in the diet, the Amazon may begin obesity and changes in the metabolism. Be sure to come with a parrot fruits and vegetables. It is not necessary to overflow the pets, from a large number of feed Amazons fatty quickly, and at home, it is very difficult to reset the overweight. Do not forget to give them vitamins for parrots.
Reproduction
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Now a little about the reproduction of these birds. If the amazon parrots are usually held in the wild, then in the marriage period they are divided into pairs. During this period, manufacturers are looking for a suitable hopper and make masonry there, usually from 2-5 eggs. The place for the nest, the amazon parrots are chosen high on the trunk of the tree, often using palm tree.
Cashes the female eggs and this period lasts about a month. At this time, the male is busy with her feed, constantly being in close proximity to the nest, but for the night he joins his flock and spends the night with them. The female only for a short time occasionally leaves the nest. Egg size about 3 - 3.5 cm.
After appearing on the light, chicks are in the nest from seven to nine weeks. The period of nesting the amazon parrots lasts 2-3 months and depends on the region of their residence. Previously, he begins in Colombia (from December) and Suriname (from February). In Venezuela, the reproduction period falls for April, in Trinidad - for May.
The price of these birds in Moscow ranges from 300 to 800 dollars, depending on the breed and age of the pet.
Briefly consider the most popular Amazons, in terms of detention in captivity.
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Venezuelan Amazon - One of the most popular types of Amazon, which is contained in captivity. This is a poultry of 31-33 cm in size, and the average weight of an adult pet 350-450 grams. The main color of the strings of it is green, and the forehead is bluish, because of which it is sometimes confused with the Silent Amazon. However, the bright sign of Venezuelan is orange feathers in wings. The cheeks with yellow rugs, sometimes yellow color is present on the top of the head. Paws - pale gray brown. There are no visual differences between males and females.
This is a temperamental and noisy bird, complex in content. Buy a cage for a parrot, toys, and after forget about it will not work. If you do this, then the result will be a lot of problems: aggressive behavior, especially during a hormonal burst. It will be overgrown with everything that can be overlapped: furniture, equipment, wiring, curtains and everything falls on the way. And in conclusion, psychological problems at the very feathered, leading to self-sufficiency, stress and so on.
Red-born amazon - These are pleasant and funny birds with all the advantages of home parrots: Contacts, intelligible, cheerful. They study quite well, imitate various sounds, the ability to "conversation" vary from individuals to individuals. It is held by family groups or flocks. It is powered by fruits, nuts, seeds, as well as citrus, mango.
It dwells from the North-West Brazil to Southeast Mexico. Inhabits the plain forests and the foothills to a height of 800 m above sea level. Body length 34-36 cm, tilt 11 cm; The weight of 310-480. The main painting is green, the top of the head with a bluish tinge and black fade. The forehead and the lap-eyed ring are red, the cheeks are golden-yellow. Paws are gray. Orange iris. Connect and clutter gray-bone.
If you want to have a pet home and decided that you need a parrot, then pay your attention not to Amazon. The acquired parrot Amazon will be a great choice showing a good taste of the owner.
However, it is not necessary to treat the acquired parrot just as a pet. Learn, talk and take care of him, as a full-fledged member of your family and in time you will be amazed by estimating merit all the pet answers you.
The mental abilities of this feathery is just amazing. Add to this more dummy and calm temper, curiosity and much more that in a short period of time will make from your parrot, that neither there is a real one friend.
Accommodation in wildlife
This variety of parrots lives mainly on the Antilles and in America. At the same time, you must know that Amazons are as many as thirty-two types, differing from each other near the signs and differences. The most common types of Amazons will be described in the article further.
However, these parrots are valued not only for their unusual appearance and mental abilities. In some countries, Amazon is treated as a delicacy, with all the consequences arising from here.
Once in Europe, the bird is lucky more. On the territory of European countries, the Amazon parrot has been distributed exclusively for a long time as.
Some of the species of this parrot are listed in the international red book, as an extinct view. Martino and purple subspecies should be attributed to these extinct species.
The appearance of the parrot and its life expectancy
As for the appearance of any of the varieties of parrots described in this article, then they all have a number of common features.
They can vary them in the tails of thirty - forty centimeters. With such impressive dimensions, Amazons are considered birds whose weight ranges within 500 grams.
The main color is prevailing in the color of the bird feathers - green. The difference between species usually consists in a peculiar color of the head and tail. It is on the head and tail of parrots belonging to different types, there may be feathers painted in blue, yellow, green and other colors.
The prevailing green colored feathers probably saved the birds of life more than once. It is believed that they are mainly inhabited in forests, where, due to their decoration of the plumage, skillfully merge with the surrounding plants. Even if he stands next to any bush, then you are unlikely to immediately notice this parrot.
For the same reason, in the wild, Amazon, as a rule, do not live up to fifty years. In the domestic conditions, when the parrot is always fed and is surrounded by care and caress, he can live up to an impressive seventy years.
The most popular varieties of Amazon
Describing the various varieties of Amazons - whose photos and videos can be seen on the pages of our site, it is worth staying in more detail on the most popular and common types of described parrots.
Cuban
How easy it is to guess from the name, Cuban Amazon lives on the same island of freedom (in Cuba). The long body of this parrot usually fluctuates in the tails of thirty centimeters.
As mentioned above, the coloring of the plumage of each of the types of individual. For example, Cuban Amazon has a characteristic coloring of the head with the prevailing white color. Poultry cheeks and throat has a pronounced red color. In addition, Cuban Amazon has a bluish painting of extreme feathers.
This variety of parrots live in small flocks of several dozen individuals.
Sielloby
Syeloby Amazon has a blue forehead coloring. In addition, in the colors of his head there are yellow feathers. Otherwise, the plumage of this color, with a different colors intensity.
Siellular Amazon inhabited in the forests of Amazonia, making time from time to time to nearby plantations in order to live. However, precisely because of this, the local farmers, causing and killing representatives of this one dislike him.
Yolpolobya
Yellowar Amazon is easily recognizable on the bright yellow coloring of the head of the head. He lives mostly in Mexico, although it is possible to meet him in the territory of Guatemala, Belize and even Honduras.
He prefers to live in pairs, feeding the growing nuts nearby, berries and other vegetation. The population of this type of parrot is not numerous and is less than 10,000 individuals. That is why the yellow-haired Amazon is entered into a special registry as an extinct view.
It is worth noting that this is a rather large variety of parrots. The length of their body may exceed forty centimeters in length.
Rastaish
In contrast to the yellow brown, the yellow color of the plumage in this species is located on the head of the bird and in the area of \u200b\u200bher neck. In addition, if you look at the appearance of the parrot, it will be possible to notice a spontaneous white spot around his eyes.
Greeting Amazon lives only on the territory of Mexico.
However, describing this type of parrots, it is worth emphasizing that it is the richest amazon that has the most impressive ability to parody human speech. Moreover, they are the faster than any other species come into contact with their belonging to them. Therefore, if you decide to choose as a pet any of the species or subspecies of the genus Amazon, we recommend looking at the rustic parrot.
Belogola
Unlike the yellow truck, the colors of feathers on the forehead of this parrot white. Otherwise, it is similar to the view described above. Bald Amazon also prefers to exist with small pairs or groups. And as well as yellowed, lives in the territory of Mexico.
A characteristic feature of this variety of parrots is the presence of three subspecies, referred to as Sonoric, white and small white white Amazon.
It is characteristic that for this type of parrots, a small body size is characterized, about 25-27 cm. In connection with which it is determined by popular among bird lovers. The weight of this type of parrots is also small and fluctuating in the tails of four hundred grams.
Actually, it is thanks to its small dimensions of him and prefer to acquire as a pet. Since in its mental characteristics, it does not give way to the larger samples of any other form of Amazon.
Redoloby
Probably, you have already immediately guessed that the red-born Amazon has a bright red color of the Operation of the forehead. In addition, the cheek has orange. Thanks to such a combination of colors, the red-born Amazon looks just great.
Human-born Amazon lives mainly in Brazil and Mexico. By itself, this kind is not small. Dimensions of the parrot can come up to 36 and even more centimeters. Distribute this type of parrot prefers mainly in the flock.
Which is characteristic of this type of parrots, this is what he has four subspecies that differ from each other not only with a slight difference in the coloring of the plumage and in dimensions, but also at the place of their habitat. These subspecies can be met in the territory of such countries as - Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela and even Ecuador.
Surinamese
Sometimes it is also called, like - yellow-haired Amazon. This bird has a length of impressive 35 or more centimeters.
Suriname Amazon is characterized by a small yellow spot on the forehead and red splashes in the colors of the back and the tail of the bird. This species of birds in Mexico, Brazil and Peru dwell. On the territory of the aforementioned countries, it can be found in the company of similar birds. They live mostly couples. However, occasionally can meet small groups of birds of this species.
This species is characterized by the presence of four methods of parrots living on a fairly extensive territory. Thus, the subspecies of these parrots can be seen in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and even on the island of Maramero.
Mullerov
Amazon Muller is pretty. Long body of this bird can exceed forty centimeters. In this connection, you should not be surprised that the weight of this not small bird is also large and can reach 700 grams.
Amazon Muller spreads in Mexico, Brazil and Bolivia.
The peculiar name is this type of parrot thanks to the erroneous translation of the original bird name associated with its unusual appearance. The feathers of this parrot, as if rushed with flour, in connection with which, it is even sometimes called the mill parrot.
In general, this variety of parrots have three subspecies discovered in the eighteenth century.
If, after reading this article, you wanted to buy some of the types of Amazon, first of all you will need to visit the nearest pet store and ask how much parrot is. However, the species you need may not be on sale because of the article specified at the beginning.
Remember that some of its species are on the verge of extinction, and therefore, to acquire them almost impossible.
About this chatty parrot We heard from the times of Columbus. It has a beautiful appearance, is distinguished by speaking. Parrot Amazon - Human satellite, long-lived and just a capricious bird showing his mood. How to tame Amazon? How to keep and what to feed? How to distinguish the floor? What diseases from these parrots? Today we will answer these your questions, let's start with the description.
Parrot description Amazon
Total Amazon parrot There are about 29, where some individuals are listed even in the Red Book. Parrots live At the Amazon Pool in America. Parrot length up to 45 meters pereye color Green, and some individuals have bright color spots on the head, tail and wings. The most interesting thing is that parrotsmanual, they are not afraid of people, but prefer their company. The only thing they are crying, so be prepared for noise! When buying, pay attention to the following factors:
1. Age 4-month
2. Rainbow shell eye brown
3. Occolted chick
4. Parrot manual
How many parrots amazon live
Amazon parrot Long-liver! In the wild, he lives 50 years old, but can live to 70! Such parrot was really fixed, so AmazonaYou can be sure that the bird will be with you for a long time! Of course, with proper care, and the presence of disease.
How to tame parrot Amazon to hand
The answer is simple! This bird itself is very manual, contact and talkative. You need only a spacious cell (aviary), a free flight of birds, because it is constantly in the cage, it will not be able to feed, and, of course, daily communication! And the love of birds for you will not know the borders!
How to determine the floor parrot Amazon
Young individuals are determinedaccording to the iris, the eye, which is gray-brown, to three years of life, it becomes a brown-red shade, and after, it is impossible to determine the age. On the plumage of females and females, they practically do not differ. Usually, the floor is determined On the marriage behavior of the bird, it is best to buy a bird in a nursery, where everyone has a tag on the paw. Single bird can only determine the veterinarian floor by making an inspection or DNA test.
Eating and content of parrot Amazon
Than feeding parrot Amazon
In nature, Amazon lives and feeds On the tree, it descends extremely rare on the ground, so the feeder needs to be installed suspended on the mount. Water in the drinking changes every day! The basic basis will consist of ready-made feeds that are sold in assortment in any pet store. Also, add to the diet can be:
Morkov
Quail eggs (extremely rare)
Vegetables, berries and fruits
Kidney trees
Potatoes
Crude citrus fruits
Food from our table
Avocado, papaya, persimmon, mango
To keep such a parrot You will need a large and spacious cell at least 1x1 meters, metal so that the bird can freely straighten your wings. Amazonsheat-loving, so put the cell in a warm place about 25 degrees. Cell tools with toys, stairs, staughs, mirrors, spins, branches, swings, trough and drinker. Remove the cage of couples per week, but once every two weeks it is necessary to fully wash it, including the entire decor. Remove the bird from the cage, for the coast, preferably daily. By the way, parrot Amazon Incredibly loves water! Spray the bird several times a day from the pulverizer, just a couple of times a day you can arrange and swim. The bird will certainly swear and spin sure that the water gets on every ward, such a spectacle should be seen!
Parrot disease Amazon
Problems with breathing tracks, manifests as a hoarse and sideline
Internal tumors, besides poor appetite and lethargy, symptoms are not observed
Fungal pathology, Poksvirus (cutting wings, the impossibility of flying, the disease is incurable and fatal), psychotax, papapilomosis.
Avitaminosis Vitamins Group A, which is accompanied by nervousness, viscous saliva, inflammation of the respiratory tract
Obesity
Video: Parrot Amazon
In this video, you will see a parrot Amazon, and learn a lot of useful and interesting
Amazon (Amazon parrots) are large, dense birds, the length of the body of which ranges from 25 to 45 cm. The wingspan is not very large: the wing in length reaches approximately the middle of the tail. Tail short, with rounded tip. Sexual signs are not pronounced.
Amazon parrots have a strong beak of black, brown (red) or gray-yellow. The length of the beak is average.
The main color of the plumage is green. Depending on the belonging to the form, the birds have various combinations of bright spots on the body. For example, red spots on the head, tail or wings. In total, there are about 26 species of Amazonian parrots in nature.
In general, these are large, very beautiful birds with a contrasting spectacular color.
How many amazon parrots live?
In ideal conditions, the content of Amazon live up to 50 or more. There are also 70-year-old parrots.
Features of content
Like all major parrots, amazons require a large space. For their content, you will need a large spacious cell in which birds will be able to calmly move and paint the wings. It must be different strangers, rings and swing, because Amazons are very moving and adore to play.
Special attention should be paid to the diet. The diet of large parrots has its own characteristics and is different from the diet of the same wavy. Food for them need to choose the corresponding one.
The parrots of the Amazon breed are very smart. Some species are easily leaving for training, teach tricks and speak with pleasure. Vocabulary may include several tens of words.
Spread
In the wild, Amazon parrots are distributed in Central and South America, as well as on the Antilles. They inhabit the rain jungle and the plain territories with shrubs and cacti.
Some types of Amazon parrots are listed in the Red Book.
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These are rather large parrots of dense physique. The length of birds ranges from 25 cm to 45 cm. As it can be seen in the photo, the painting of the plumage is mostly green, one species have red spots on the head and tail, others have a red "mirror" on the wing.
A characteristic feature of these parrots is a strong beak of moderate length and round shape and an implite forming to the base of a sharp edge. Wings of medium length, until the end of the tail does not reach.
The habitat of the Amazon parrots is Central and South America, as well as the islands of the Caribbean. Parrots in tropical forests nest. There are about 27 species of Amazon.
Young parrots have a gray-rainbow eye shell. To two - three years at Amazon, the Rainbow Eye Shell changes the color to red or on brown. After three years it is very difficult to determine the age of the bird. Determine the half of Amazon in adulthood is visually practically impossible. Live these pets up to 70 years.
Sielloby Amazon is sharply pursued due to harm, which they apply to fruit gardens and maize plantations, as well as for their meat. However, the protective color is well hiding birds in the greenery of trees and hunters track them with great difficulty. Among the Amazon parrots there are 26 species.
photo can be increased
Like all major parrots, Amazons are rather demanding on the conditions of content. These are very movable, active and playful birds, so at room content they need provide a spacious cellwhere the bird could wave the wings and at the same time not to cling to the bars of the lattice, thus the minimum cell size will be 70x80 cm.
Also in the cage hang ropes, rings, etc. From the machines coming on sale and sawing for Amazon usually use mounted metal bowls, while undesirable to put them on the floor of the cell, since in nature these birds are very rarely descended to the ground. Also in the cage must constantly have mineral feeding: sepia (Cracatin shell), mineral stone for birds, bowl with crushed shells, etc.
photo can be increased
It has a calm and balanced character. These birds are not subject to psychological problems that sometimes inherent in large parrots. Get used to the capture pretty quickly, easily tame and go to contact with a person. Some species of these parrots are able to perfectly imitate human speech and inferior in this skill only Jac. Amazons are also well imitating various household and other sounds: the sound of the siren, barking the dog.
Unlike other birds that, with a large cluster, people calm down, these pets on the contrary can even attract your attention. With a molting, they do not stand out a huge number of fluff, like other parrots. The disadvantage, with the content of certain types of Amazon, can be considered aggression, which they usually show during the reproduction period, approximately a couple of months a year. At this time it is better to limit the bird freedom. And if from childhood it is properly raising a pet, then this period is easier.
Family couple parrots Amazon
photo can be increased
The swimming of Amazon parrots is very useful for the skin and plumage. Pet can be easily sprayed with water sprouter. This type of parrot is fairly active, so the cell for their content should be very spacious, it is best if the bird can fly in it. Buy a square cage that the bird would have corners in which she could hide when she was scary. The cell must be equipped with reliable locks.
Amazon parrots are very quickly adapted to new conditions. The most important is trust, so do not hurry and take patience. Most Amazons are better learned in the evenings: do not abuse classes, better if they last about 20 minutes with an interval at least an hour. It is desirable to start training when the bird trusts you with you, allows you to scratch my head, calmly sits on your hand or on my shoulder, ideally when you can turn it on your back. Remember that any types of corporal punishments are completely not allowed with birds. It can destroy the trust that you earned maybe for a lot of time. The same applies to the training of these pets conversation.
photo can be increased
Any parrot Amazon can learn a few wordsAlthough it, of course, depends more than its abilities. But despite all the efforts, "speech" will be with the "bird" emphasis, such accuracy, like Jaco you will not achieve. Yellow Hallet and Syeloby - Champions among Amazons in the conversational genre. In the nature of these species, these species also remember the sounds, with the help of which they have to communicate with relatives. Amazon parrots for their nature are crying. Therefore, in captivity, they behave quite noisy, usually in the morning and in the evening. It is worth paying special attention when choosing this bird to subsequently not have problems with the nearest home environment.
Main food of Amazon parrots - grain mix. It is advisable to buy food in specialized stores, but if there is no such possibility, you can make it yourself, focusing on the following percentage: 40% of millet, 20% oats, 10% of Canary seed, 10% sunflower seeds, 15% wheat, 5% corn. Be sure to give an animal mineral feeding. These pets have a very good appetite. Usually, with the disease in other types of parrots, the appetite disappears, Amazons, even being sick, eat well. Breeders of these birds advise adhere to vegetarian food. The meat is not recommended in the diet, the Amazon may begin obesity and changes in the metabolism. Be sure to come with a parrot fruits and vegetables. It is not necessary to overflow the pets, from a large number of feed Amazons fatty quickly, and at home, it is very difficult to reset the overweight. Do not forget to give them vitamins for parrots.
Reproduction
photo can be increased
Now a little about the reproduction of these birds. If the amazon parrots are usually held in the wild, then in the marriage period they are divided into pairs. During this period, manufacturers are looking for a suitable hopper and make masonry there, usually from 2-5 eggs. The place for the nest, the amazon parrots are chosen high on the trunk of the tree, often using palm tree.
Cashes the female eggs and this period lasts about a month. At this time, the male is busy with her feed, constantly being in close proximity to the nest, but for the night he joins his flock and spends the night with them. The female only for a short time occasionally leaves the nest. Egg size about 3 - 3.5 cm.
After appearing on the light, chicks are in the nest from seven to nine weeks. The period of nesting the amazon parrots lasts 2-3 months and depends on the region of their residence. Previously, he begins in Colombia (from December) and Suriname (from February). In Venezuela, the reproduction period falls for April, in Trinidad - for May.
The price of these birds in Moscow ranges from 300 to 800 dollars, depending on the breed and age of the pet.
Briefly consider the most popular Amazons, in terms of detention in captivity.
photo can be increased
Venezuelan Amazon - One of the most popular types of Amazon, which is contained in captivity. This is a poultry of 31-33 cm in size, and the average weight of an adult pet 350-450 grams. The main color of the strings of it is green, and the forehead is bluish, because of which it is sometimes confused with the Silent Amazon. However, the bright sign of Venezuelan is orange feathers in wings. The cheeks with yellow rugs, sometimes yellow color is present on the top of the head. Paws - pale gray brown. There are no visual differences between males and females.
This is a temperamental and noisy bird, complex in content. Buy a cage for a parrot, toys, and after forget about it will not work. If you do this, then the result will be a lot of problems: aggressive behavior, especially during a hormonal burst. It will be overgrown with everything that can be overlapped: furniture, equipment, wiring, curtains and everything falls on the way. And in conclusion, psychological problems at the very feathered, leading to self-deployment, stress and so on.
Red-born amazon - These are pleasant and funny birds with all the advantages of home parrots: Contacts, intelligible, cheerful. They study quite well, imitate various sounds, the ability to "conversation" vary from individuals to individuals. It is held by family groups or flocks. It is powered by fruits, nuts, seeds, as well as citrus, mango.
It dwells from the North-West Brazil to Southeast Mexico. Inhabits the plain forests and the foothills to a height of 800 m above sea level. Body length 34-36 cm, tilt 11 cm; The weight of 310-480. The main painting is green, the top of the head with a bluish tinge and black fade. The forehead and the lap-eyed ring are red, the cheeks are golden-yellow. Paws are gray. Orange iris. Connect and clutter gray-bone.