Our local Parrot is the White Browed Amazon, Amazona albifrons. They are only one of two Amazons that can be sexed visually. The male has red on its wings and the female does not.
I rescued some babies that had been stolen from nests. The male was fledged but was still accepting goop from a syringe. I had two featherless babies which had to be hand fed 3 times a day. They eventually fledged and are now 3 months old. The male quickly developed his full coloured feathers and this is his photo.
The babies have developed very well and have blue flight feathers and red on the underside of the tail. However their head feathers are becoming increasingly white and no red spectacles. There is no sign of red on their wings. I am assuming they are both females.
I am puzzled. Are they late developing their full colouring?. Are they a different species? Is this what females look like?
They have have an excellent diet of sunflower seed and peanuts, Apple, Papaya, Runner beans and corn on the cob.
Photos of the younger birds are in the next post.
