the blue-forehead-Amazon is subdivided red-bow-Amazon (amazona aestiva) and the yellow-bow-Amazon (amazona aestiva xanthopteryx) into the subtypes.
The blue-forehead-Amazons in the tropics-forests and Brazil's (mainly red-bow-Amazon) savanna as well as in Bolivia's northeast, Paraguay and North-Argentina (yellow-bow-Amazon), with what the spread-areas of both subtypes overlap strongly, are given a home.
Blue-forehead-Amazons live in big swarms, that also other Amazon-types like to join. they have a solid day-rhythm, that begins with morning cleaning. Afterwards, they fly to its preferred trough and then visit its feed-place, where they spend the whole day. At noon, a short break is inserted, visited the trough again in the evening and finally the silence-place for the night.
The brood-season of the blue-forehead-Amazons lasts from October to March. Normally, 4 eggs are put in brood-caves, that are hatched 28 to 30 days. The young-Amazons leave the brood-cave after 50 to 60 days.
How all parrots, they should in pairs or in the swarm are held, optimal-proves in an aviary or in a big cage midday free-flight. Branches to nibbling and toy (sisal-strings) Kletterbaum etc..) should stand to the additional activity to the disposal. With the attitude in an aviary outside must be respected moreover, that a shelter stands the animals by the disposal, that shows at least one temperature of 5°C, in the winter.
As the sex is with most other parrot-types not to be recognized also with the blue-forehead-Amazon externally. they gain a size of about. 35 to 40 cm and becomes about. 40 years old. The plumage is primarily green, the individual feathers black hesitated, the forehead in blue-sound, the head normally yellow, bluish verwaschen, changing to green. The shoulders are reddish, evtl. sallow, red wing-markings and red bond of the tail-feathers.
Beside Körnerfutter, one should offer fruit or vegetable-kinds like peppers and in the spring germ-feed to the Amazons daily. On sufficient vitamin and mineral-material-supply is to be necessarily watched. Fresh water always should be ready of course. A Beregnungsanlage as well as. Spraying by means of a plant-shot with water resembles its natural habitat in the rain-forests and is to be recommended particularly during the incubation.
The breeding of blue-forehead-Amazons outside its natural habitat often works out very difficult. If one would like to offer the possibility of the after-breeding to the birds, a Nistkasten with the measurements of about 40 x should be offered 60 cm (L x B x H) to 40 x. Egg-feed should be added some weeks before brood-beginning. One should consider that the birds react very sensitively to disturbances during the incubation.
Blue-forehead-Amazons belong to the most popular parrots because one can bring it easily to speaking through its imitation-talent.
Whoever toys with the idea to get themselves a blue-forehead-Amazon as a residential-vehicle necessarily should consider that about the animals. It becomes 40 years old that one must occupy oneself sufficiently with the birds daily and also, that they have a very loud voice, that it also present in daily croaks and Tobephasen.
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