Vinaceous-breasted amazon

Amazona vinacea

The Vinaceous-breasted amazon (Amazona vinacea) is a bird found in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Found in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. It eats fruit, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Amazona vinacea
Region	South America
Found in	Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina

🏡 Where the Vinaceous-breasted amazon lives

Found in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

🍽️ What it eats

🍎 Fruit40%
🌰 Seeds & nuts30%
🌿 Leaves & plants30%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 254 grams. It mostly eats fruit and seeds.

Hear the Vinaceous-breasted amazon

Recorded by Fabrício Grigolin (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1071817. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Vinaceous-breasted amazon

Where does the Vinaceous-breasted amazon live?

The Vinaceous-breasted amazon lives in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Found in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

What does the Vinaceous-breasted amazon eat?

fruit (about 40%), seeds and nuts (about 30%), leaves and other plant parts (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Vinaceous-breasted amazon endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.