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Red-spectacled amazon

Amazona pretrei (Temminck, 1830)

VUVulnerableparrots

The red-spectacled amazon (Amazona pretrei) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 272.8 g to 289.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Red-spectacled amazon (Amazona pretrei)
Photo: Paulo Barradas · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red-spectacled amazon

Weight
272.8 g – 289.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.8 – 2.9src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the red-spectacled amazon live?

Not recorded

What is the red-spectacled amazon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The red-spectacled amazon (Amazona pretrei) is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Red-spectacled Amazon migrates seasonally from the northern region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul to the south-eastern state of Santa Catarina to feed on the mass-produced seeds of the Brazilian Pine.

The species is distributed in the area of the frontier between southern Corrientes province in Argentina and the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

They are a quiet species with a relaxed disposition.

From the Wikipedia article “Red-spectacled amazon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-spectacled_amazon&oldid=1379016970), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the red-spectacled amazon endangered?

The red-spectacled amazon is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species.

How is the red-spectacled amazon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusAmazona
  7. SpeciesAmazona pretrei (Temminck, 1830)

Synonyms Amazona pretrei pretrei, Psittacus pretrei

Other names and names in other languages (46)
  • Red-spectacled AmazonEnglish
  • Red-spectacled parrotEnglish
  • Red-spectacled parrotEnglish
  • Red-spectacled parrot, red-spectacled AmazonEnglish
  • ببغاء أحمر النظارةArabic
  • أمازون أحمر النظارةArabic
  • papagai de PrêtreCatalan
  • amazoňan nádhernýCzech
  • amason sbectologWelsh
  • PragtamazoneDanish
  • PrachtamazoneGerman
  • PrachttamazoneGerman
  • ruĝmaska amazonpapagoEsperanto
  • Amazona charaoSpanish
  • Amazona CabecirrojaSpanish
  • CharaoSpanish
  • Loro CabecirrojoSpanish
  • Loro de Cabeza RojaSpanish
  • punatiib-amatsoonpapagoiEstonian
  • araukaria-amatsoniFinnish
  • Amazone de PrêtreFrench
  • crvenolica amazonkaCroatian
  • vörösszemű amazonHungarian
  • vörösmaszkos amazonHungarian
  • Ճոխ ամազոնArmenian
  • Amazzone occhirossiItalian
  • アカソデボウシインコJapanese
  • puošnioji amazonėLithuanian
  • റെഡ്-സ്പെക്ടകിൾഡ് ആമസോൺMalayalam
  • Паян амазонWestern Mari
  • RoodbrilamazoneDutch
  • skjellgranamazonNorwegian
  • amazonka czerwonoudaPolish
  • سوہنا ایمیزنWestern Panjabi
  • papagaio-charãoPortuguese
  • papagaio-d'óculos-vermelhosPortuguese
  • Papagaio-da-serraPortuguese
  • Роскошный амазонRussian
  • amazoňan okuliarnatýSlovak
  • Crvenooki amazonacSerbian
  • rödmaskad amazonSwedish
  • Süslü AmazonTurkish
  • амазон червоноплечийUkrainian
  • Vẹt vành mắt đỏVietnamese
  • 红眶鹦哥Chinese
  • 紅眼鏡亞馬遜鸚哥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the red-spectacled amazon

Other species in the same genus Amazona.

NT, Near Threatened
Cuban amazon (Amazona leucocephala)

Cuban amazon

Amazona leucocephala

Psittacidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the red-spectacled amazon?

An adult red-spectacled amazon weighs 272.8 g – 289.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the red-spectacled amazon endangered?

The red-spectacled amazon is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the red-spectacled amazon?

The red-spectacled amazon (Amazona pretrei) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{red_spectacled_amazon_2026,
  title = {Red-spectacled amazon (Amazona pretrei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-spectacled-amazon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}