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Vinaceous-breasted amazon

Amazona vinacea (Kuhl, 1820)

ENEndangeredparrots

The vinaceous-breasted amazon (Amazona vinacea) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh about 254 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Vinaceous-breasted amazon (Amazona vinacea)
Photo: Post of Brazil · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the vinaceous-breasted amazon

Weight
254 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
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the vinaceous-breasted amazon live?

Not recorded

What is the vinaceous-breasted amazon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The vinaceous-breasted amazon (Amazona vinacea), also called the vinaceous-breasted parrot and occasionally simply vinaceous amazon/parrot is an endangered species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

From the Wikipedia article “Vinaceous-breasted amazon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vinaceous-breasted_amazon&oldid=1347385230), 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 vinaceous-breasted amazon endangered?

The vinaceous-breasted amazon is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very 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 Endangered species.

How is the vinaceous-breasted amazon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusAmazona
  7. SpeciesAmazona vinacea (Kuhl, 1820)

Synonyms Amazona vinacea paranensis, Psittacus vinaceus

Other names and names in other languages (49)
  • Vinaceous AmazonEnglish
  • Vinaceous AmazonEnglish
  • Vinaceous parrotEnglish
  • Vinaceous parrotEnglish
  • Vinaceous-breasted AmazonEnglish
  • Vinaceous-breasted AmazonEnglish
  • Vinaceous-breasted parrotEnglish
  • Vinaceous-breasted parrotEnglish
  • ببغاء نبيذي الصدرArabic
  • أمازون نبيذي الصدرArabic
  • Виолетовогърда амазонаBulgarian
  • Amazona de pit vinósCatalan
  • papagai de pit violaciCatalan
  • amazoňan fialovoprsýCzech
  • amason gwinlliwWelsh
  • Vinrød AmazoneDanish
  • TaubenhalsamazoneGerman
  • violbrusta amazonpapagoEsperanto
  • Amazona vinosaSpanish
  • Amazona PechivinosaSpanish
  • Loro PechivinosoSpanish
  • Loro Pecho VinosoSpanish
  • Loro vinosoSpanish
  • purpur-amatsoonpapagoiEstonian
  • viiniamatsoniFinnish
  • Amazona vinaceaFrench
  • Amazone vineuseFrench
  • ljubičastoprsa amazonkaCroatian
  • galambnyakú amazonHungarian
  • Խաղողային ամազոնArmenian
  • Amazzone vinataItalian
  • ブドウイロボウシインコJapanese
  • vynuoginė amazonėLithuanian
  • WijnborstamazoneDutch
  • vinamazonNorwegian
  • amazonka pąsowaPolish
  • شراب چھاتی ایمیزنWestern Panjabi
  • papagaio-de-peito-roxoPortuguese
  • Винногрудый амазонRussian
  • Лиловогрудый амазонRussian
  • amazoňan vínovoprsýSlovak
  • Ljubičastogrli amazonacSerbian
  • lilabröstad amazonSwedish
  • Leylak Göğüslü AmazonTurkish
  • Амазон пурпуровийUkrainian
  • амазон пурпурововолийUkrainian
  • 紅胸鸚鵡Chinese
  • 紅胸亞馬遜鸚哥Chinese
  • 红胸鹦哥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the vinaceous-breasted 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 vinaceous-breasted amazon?

An adult vinaceous-breasted amazon weighs 254 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the vinaceous-breasted amazon endangered?

The vinaceous-breasted amazon is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the vinaceous-breasted amazon?

The vinaceous-breasted amazon (Amazona vinacea) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{vinaceous_breasted_amazon_2026,
  title = {Vinaceous-breasted amazon (Amazona vinacea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/vinaceous-breasted-amazon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}