American Bird Conservancy (ABC), Kyle Brown Legacy, Barbara Delano Foundation
The Red-tailed Amazon (Amazona brasiliensis) has suffered severe losses in the wild due to heavy trapping for the wild bird trade and destruction of nest sites. In 1999, the WPT and American Bird Conservancy (ABC) provided funding for education for local communities on the plight of the Red-tailed Amazon. A call went out for applications for grants covering various projects, and a team of reviewers narrowed the list to 14 projects, 12 parrot-related. The Red-tailed Amazon environmental education program was one of them and was aided by the joint funding of the two organizations. The project took place at the Superagui National Park.
Status: IUCN Near Threatened / CITES Appendix I
Population: 9000-10,000 individuals, slowly increasing.
Range: The Red-tailed Amazon is found on the SE coast of Brazil, near Sao Paulo and Parana.
Natural history: The Red-tailed Amazon exists in a complex network of channels, swamps and other wet areas up to 700 m (2296 ft). Populations are now restricted to lowland forest on coastlines, and wetlands such as freshwater swamps, humid forest and mangroves. This species usually feeds on fruits and flowers in pairs or flocks of up to 20. It eats fruits and flowers; Callophyllum brasiliense is important. Roosts are in groups on small islands in channels; birds live in flooded forest.
