10/20/2022
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🔴 The yellow-faced parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops), formerly also known as the yellow-faced amazon, is the only species of the genus Alipiopsitta. It is a Neotropical parrot (tribe Arini), and was classified in the genus Amazona for many years. It is a predominantly green and yellow-plumaged bird with a yellow head. The majority of its range is in central and eastern Brazil, where found from Maranhão and Piauí to São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul. It inhabits the cerrado on the plateau of Brazil, as well as the dryer Caatinga scrubland. There are two records from Beni in northeastern Bolivia. Despite occasionally being listed for Paraguay, evidence supporting its presence in this country is lacking. Within its range it appears to be semi-nomadic. Much of its habitat is being converted to agricultural land and the populations are declining.
As the yellow-faced parrot has disappeared from parts of its former range due to habitat destruction and generally occurs in low densities, it was considered near threatened with a population trend decreasing by the IUCN, and CITES appendix 2 but it remains locally fairly common, occurs in several protected areas and can survive in fragmented habitats, leading to its downlisting to near-threatened.
🔴 The Yellow-faced Parrot is a stocky, enigmatic parrot of savanna habitats from eastern Brazil south to eastern Bolivia and northern Paraguay. Sometimes placed in the genus Amazona, it has generally been placed in its own genus Alipiopsitta by recent authors. It resembles a small Amazon in structure, and is green overall with a yellow-orange face and lower belly. It feeds on fruits and seeds, including introduced mangoes (Mangifera indica), and nests in a cavity in a large tree. They are semi-nomadic, and habitat destruction in much of their range is a conservation concern. It is rare in captivity and there is little information available about it.
🔴 Breeding in captivity:
Breeding has seldom been achieved in captivity. The basic requirement would be a compatible pair that needs to be isolated during the breeding season due to increased aggression towards other birds during this time; they also require spacious accommodation and a nest box 25 x 25 x 60 cm (10 x 10 x 24 ins) with entrance 8 cm (3 ins) in diameter.
They tend to be aggressive towards caretakers. The breeding season begins early May. The hen lays 2 to 4 eggs, which she incubates for 26 days. The young fledge when they are about 8 weeks old.
📷 Luis Urueña Manakin