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Tucumán amazon

Amazona tucumana (Cabanis, 1885)

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The tucumán amazon (Amazona tucumana) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 260 g to 265 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Tucumán amazon (Amazona tucumana)
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Quick facts about the tucumán amazon

Weight
260 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
3.5 – 4src 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 tucumán amazon live?

Not recorded

What is the tucumán amazon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Tucumán amazon (Amazona tucumana), also known as the Tucumán parrot, alder amazon, or alder parrot, is a vulnerable species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.

From the Wikipedia article “Tucumán amazon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tucum%C3%A1n_amazon&oldid=1380321110), 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 tucumán amazon endangered?

The tucumán 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 tucumán amazon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusAmazona
  7. SpeciesAmazona tucumana (Cabanis, 1885)

Synonyms Amazona pretrei tucumana, Chrysotis tucumana, Chysotis tucumana

Other names and names in other languages (53)
  • Alder AmazonEnglish
  • Alder parrotEnglish
  • Tucuman AmazonEnglish
  • Tucuman AmazonEnglish
  • Tucumán AmazonEnglish
  • Tucumán AmazonEnglish
  • Tucuman parrotEnglish
  • Tucuman parrotEnglish
  • Tucumán parrotEnglish
  • ببغاء توكومانArabic
  • أمازون توكومانArabic
  • Amazona de TucumánCatalan
  • papagai de TucumanCatalan
  • amazoňan tukumanskýCzech
  • amason talcen cochWelsh
  • Tucumán AmazoneDanish
  • TucumanamazoneGerman
  • Tucumán-AmazoneGerman
  • Tucumana-AmazoneGerman
  • TucumanaamazoneGerman
  • tukumana amazonpapagoEsperanto
  • Amazona tucumanaSpanish
  • Loro aliseroSpanish
  • lepa-amatsoonpapagoiEstonian
  • طوطی آمازونی آرژانتینیPersian
  • rubiiniamatsoniFinnish
  • Amazone de TucumanFrench
  • tukumanska amazonkaCroatian
  • Tucemán-amazonHungarian
  • Tukumán-amazonHungarian
  • tukumáni amazonHungarian
  • Տուկումանյան ամազոնArmenian
  • Amazzone del TucumanItalian
  • カラカネボウシインコJapanese
  • tukumaninė amazonėLithuanian
  • Тукуман амазонWestern Mari
  • oreamazonNorwegian
  • amazonka żółtoudaPolish
  • ٹوکومان ایمیزنWestern Panjabi
  • papagaio-tucumaPortuguese
  • papagaio-de-tucumãoPortuguese
  • papagaio-tucumăPortuguese
  • Papagaio-tucumãPortuguese
  • papagaio-tucumanoPortuguese
  • Тукуманский амазонRussian
  • amazoňan nádhernýSlovak
  • Tukumanski amazonacSerbian
  • tucumánamazonSwedish
  • Tukuman AmazonuTurkish
  • амазон тукуманськийUkrainian
  • 图库曼鹦哥Chinese
  • 榿木亞馬遜鸚鵡Chinese
  • 赤楊亞馬遜鸚哥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the tucumán 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 tucumán amazon?

An adult tucumán amazon weighs 260 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the tucumán amazon endangered?

The tucumán 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 tucumán amazon?

The tucumán amazon (Amazona tucumana) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{tucum_n_amazon_2026,
  title = {Tucumán amazon (Amazona tucumana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tucum-n-amazon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}