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Blue-fronted Amazon Parrots

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"Joey" Amazona aestiva Photo © Animal-World: Courtesy David Brough

"Joey" is the largest Blue-front Amazon Parrot we and our local veterinarian have ever seen!

    A male Blue-fronted Amazon parrot, "Joey" is approximately 20 years old. He loves men and hats, (yes especially men in hats!). He says 'Hi Joey', 'Hey Joey', 'Poor Joey', and 'I love you'. He says 'bye' when you leave and he laughs out loud.

For more information about the care of Amazon parrots see:
Guide to a Happy, Healthy Amazon Parrot.

Description:
  The Blue-fronted Amazon is similar to the Orange-winged Amazon but is larger overall. The Blue-fronted has a patch of blue just above the beak on the forehead. There are yellow patches at the top of the wings and blue and red streaks at the tips. The rest of the body is green.

Care and feeding:
  The amazon's main diet should primarily be nuts, seeds, fruits, and green vegetables. A commercially prepared parrot mix or pelleted diet can also be beneficial.

Distribution:
  Native to Bolivia, Brasil, Paraquay and northern Argentina.

Size - Weight:
  Mature birds are about 14 inches long.

Social Behaviors:
  Enjoys human interaction as well as interaction with other birds. They like to be greeted when you come into the room. They like to eat at the table and will let you know when it's dinner time!

Breeding/Reproduction:
  Blue-fronted Amazons are commonly bred in captivity. The hen will lay two to four eggs which incubate for about 29 days. The young will leave the nest at 9 weeks old.

Availability: Readily available.

Activities: Loves to climb and play. Provide lots of toys.

Problems:
  Amazons can be noisy first thing in the morning, and just before the sun sets. This is easy to control, they can be quieted by just covering their cage for a short period of time.

Author: Clarice Brough, CAS.

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I am in the process of adopting a previously abused 7 year old male bluefront amazon. I don't know a lot about his previous home before he was in foster care but I do know that he was locked in a cage most of his life with a sibbling. Now separated from the sibbling he is stepping up for anyone and hasn't bitten a single person(yet). He wont let you pet him, he backs away if you try, but I'd have to say that's pretty good for a bird locked up all his life. I tend to have to think that although he may have been locked up often, he had to have had some positive interaction becuase he steps up and a 7 year old bird that had never been handled would not do that. And he also talks so again that tells me more then likely someone, at some time, was interacting with him. I have a lot of hope that he can become a friendly happy bird with time and training and even enjoy being petted. Amazons need to be appreciated for their drama and playfullness, and vocal abilities. Unfortunatly, the same qualities that some cherrish are the same things others think are problems. And some birds, like the one I am adopting, get locked away. I like the feeling it gives me to help a bird have a happy life that has not had the greatest past. I know I could just get an already tame and socialized baby but this bird needs a loving and caring owner and I know I could be her. Bobbi 2008-08-27
My husband and I have a beautiful BFA, her name is Delilah and she is about 30 yrs old. She's our child and we love her very, very much! She has quite a vocabulary, she calls my husband Da and myself Ma. When we play with her she will ask us "what are you doing?" and she often says "come here" when she wants us. She says,"good morning", "I love you", and when she is not getting the attention that she wants she starts screaming "Da, Ma, doing, doing, doing?". She loves to sing and laugh. Best thing we ever did was bringing her into our lives. Kathi MacArthur Kathi MacArthur 2008-06-27
I adopted a BFA about 15 years ago..severely abused and neglected. It has taken me this long to undo some of the things that have been done and still he is unhandlable. In fact just today I got out my welding gloves so that I could clip his nails. But we still talk and play simple games. TIP: For every bad habit or abusive behavior learned by a BF, you'll spend years undoing them. Amy 2008-03-22
I just got my second BFA about 3 months ago and I'm so happy that my first one has a companion. I got Toby 9 years ago and is about 15 years old. It only likes me and no one else. But ever since it bit me I have been scared to hold it again, but I'm slowly getting it to come to my hand. Then I got Maya who just turned 9 months old. She's really cute. She also likes me so I lucked out in my family. When I come in she says "hello" and now I'm trying to teach it its name and mine as well. I have them in two separate cages and soon they will be together. I love these birds and wouldn't give them away for the world. Brian 2008-03-03
What a coincidence, our Bluefront is also named Joey! And he also HATES hats! (and gloves) We think he was wild caught, and associates hats and gloves with bad treatment. He is fifteen now, to the best of our knowledge, and developed some personality problems when going thru puberty. Now he bites me whenever he can get hold of me, but has no problems with my daughter, to whom he seems to have transferred all his affections. Wish I knew what he thinks I did to him!!! Jeanne Pennsylvania Jeanne Maust 2008-02-18

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