Description

Colour Adult:

A.f. festiva: Both adults plumage green, the feathers of the neck faintly edged dusty black; wing coverts thinly edged yellow/green; lores and narrow frontal stripe dark red; blue above and behind eyes, sometimes bisecting occiput; blue chin; red lower back and rump; primary coverts violet/blue, edged green; primary feathers violet/blue; tail green. Bill grey/black. Eye ring grey, eye orange.

A.f. bodini: Both adults more yellow than Amazona festiva, particularly on underparts; red frontal stripe extending to forehead and forecrown; feathers of crown and occiput edged dull purple; feathers of hindneck strongly edged dusty black (more so than festiva); lores black; feathers of cheeks edged violet/blue; primary coverts and outer webs of primary feathers green.

Colour Juvenile:

As in adults but duller; green lower back and rump with a few red feathers; some dull red at concealed bases of lateral tail feathers. Eye brown.

Call:

Call is nasal wah-wah in flight. Also wide variety of calls including screeches.