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The yellow-crowned amazon or yellow-crowned parrot (Amazona ochrocephala) is a species of parrot native to tropical South America, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. The taxonomy is highly complex and the yellow-headed (A. oratrix) and yellow-naped amazon (A. auropalliata) are sometimes considered subspecies of the
35 centimetres (13.8 in) in length, are bright green with a yellow area on the forehead, and a horn-colored (gray) beak, sometimes with a dark tip, but lacking the reddish coloring on the upper mandible that is present in the nominate yellow-crowned amazon. [63] Panama (including the Pearl Islands and Coiba) and northwest Colombia. [42] [64] [7 ...
[32]: 11 The yellow-headed amazon, yellow-naped amazon, and turquoise-fronted amazon are some of the species which are commonly kept as pets. [29]: 255 They can live for 30 to 50 years, [13]: 8 with one report of a yellow-crowned amazon living for 56 years in captivity. [44]
Mating with a red-crowned amazon, in California.. This species is part of the Amazona ochrocephala complex, which also includes the yellow-naped amazon (A. auropalliata).This complex, which has been called "a taxonomic headache", [3] is considered a single species by some authorities and split into three species by others.
Yellow-crowned amazon: A. ochrocephala (Gmelin, 1788) LC: Northern South America, east of the Andes Yellow-headed amazon: A. oratrix Ridgway, 1887: e EN: Scattered coastal areas of southern Mexico Red-spectacled amazon: A. pretrei (Temminck, 1830) g VU: Scattered populations in central Rio Grande do Sul Red-browed amazon: A. rhodocorytha ...
The yellow-naped amazon or yellow-naped parrot (Amazona auropalliata) is a widespread amazon parrot sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the yellow-crowned amazon (Amazona ochrocephala). [3] It inhabits the Pacific coast of southern Mexico and Central America.
The yellow-shouldered amazon is mainly green and about 33 cm long (~13 inches). It has a whitish forehead and lores, and a yellow crown, ocular region and - often - ear coverts and chin. The bare eye-ring is white. The thighs and the bend of the wing ("shoulder") are yellow, but both can be difficult to see.
Adults are approximately 35 centimetres (13.8 in) in length, are bright green with a yellow area on the forehead, and a horn-colored (gray) beak, sometimes with a dark tip, but lacking the reddish coloring on the upper mandible that is present in the nominate yellow-crowned amazon. [8]