Corry – Tucuman Amazon Parrots

The medium-sized Tucuman Amazon midpoints 10 – 12.4 ins (25 – 31 cm) from head to tail. Its general plumage is green and all quills have an articulated dark edging, with the exception of the wings. There is red fix on the brow and front crown, and the red doesn’t reach out around the white eye-rings. It has red essential wing quills and there is no red at the curve of the wing.

The thighs are part of the way orange-yellow and the essential wing feathers are green with blue tips. The underside of the wings are olive-green. The upperside of the tail is green with yellowish-greenish tips and there is red at the foundation of the tail. The bill is light horn-shade, the irises orange-yellow irises and the legs are pinkish-dim. Female as male, however with six red essential wing feathers all things considered; normally less. Rest of essential wing feathers are green. Sporadically all essential wing feathers are green. Immatures seem to be females with incompletely green essential wing feathers. They have less red on their head; their thighs are green and their irises are dull brown or dim.