Wonderful birds
The Dominican parrot, Hispanional parrot, Hispaniolan Amazon or Amazone Ventralis is and endemic species of La Hispaniola.
Description
The Cotorra de la Hispaniola, is more or less 28 cm lenght, and its main color is green, even if its plumage is also yellow, blue and red.
Its beack is thick and powerful, its feet, short and strong are gray, while its tail is short and square.
Feeding
The Dominican parrot feeds itself with seeds, nuts, buds and fruits.
Habitat
The Amazone Ventralis lives in humid and dry forests.
Breeging and life
The Cotorras de la Hispaniola form couples for their entire life, and build their nests in tree holes, or in nests abandonned by another birds.
The female lay from 2 to 3 eggs and the incubation period is 25 days. These birds can live up to 80 years in captivity.
