Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva)

The Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva), also called the Turquoise-fronted Amazon and Blue-fronted Parrot, is a South American species of amazon parrot.  Its common name is derived from the distinctive blue marking on its head just above its beak.

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They range throughout southern South America in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay & Bolivia.  I have seen them both at the Caiman Ecological Refuge & Curicaca Wildlife Refuge in the Pantanal.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT BLUE-FRONTED AMAZONS

Wikipedia

World Parrot Trust

Birdlife

VIDEOS

I think this is a young one by his hesitant way of moving around.

Ready for their close-ups!