One of the  more lesser known Amazons, The Bodines Amazon have never been a popular bird in US Aviculture.
When people think of Amazons they usually think more along the lines of Yellow Napes, Double Yellow Head
and Blue Fronted Amazons. Festives Bodini's are unfortunately quite rare with not many aviculturists opting to
raise this species. We have 5 pairs here at Bird Heaven Aviaries. We first became aware of this species back
in 2007 when a friend of ours in Northern California offered us her breeding pairs. Since then we've decided
to work with this species to help keep their numbers up so that future aviculturists can be enjoying this species
in years to come.
11/20/2011
Festive Bodini Amazons
The Bodine's Amazon ( Amazona Festiva Bodini )  is a sub species of the
Festive Amazon ( Amazona Festiva Festiva )  which is unfortunately even
more rare in the USA. The Bodine's  Amazon is known only from North
Western Guyana and from Central Venezuela along the Orinoco River from
Delta Amacuro and west to the Meta River. They live in pairs and small
flocks however they have been seen in larger flocks when eating and roosting.

The Bodine's are a gorgeous Amazon, they are roughly about 14" inches long
from head to tail and are similar in size to the Red Lored and Blue Front.
They are a predominantly a green bird, their green feathers have a hint of
yellow which gives a more yellowly look to their feathers than what the
nominate species has. The Bodine's has a nice square patch of Red feathers on
their rump. They have a line of black feathers just above their nares
followed by some pale red feathers that extend just a little on to the crown.
One of my favorite features of the Bodine's Amazon is he Blue Wash that
they have over their head and facial feathers.
Not a lot is known about their behaviour in Aviculture or as
pets so I can only go on my experience here with them here
at Bird Heaven Aviaries. We've found them to be a species
that can be quite aggressive and very territorial during the
breeding season.  Both Males and females can be quite
aggressive and defensive of their flight. The parent raised
birds we have here tend to be a little more on the
aggressive side than some of the breeders that were hand
raised. The breeding season here starts in Late January
which is when our first pairs usually have eggs. It will
extend through the summer months although it is rare that
they will breed later than July.

They can be quite noisy. I have a few videos of these guys
sounding off that I will post when I get a chance.