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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. It has been recently been reclassified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN ...
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 yellow ...
The yellow-headed amazon ( Amazona oratrix ), also known as the yellow-headed parrot and double yellow-headed amazon, is an endangered amazon parrot of Mexico and northern Central America. Measuring 38–43 centimetres (15–17 in) in length, it is a stocky short-tailed green parrot with a yellow head. It prefers to live in mangrove forests or ...
Panama amazons are extremely playful, can be excellent talkers and tend to be loud at times; much like the (nominate) yellow-crowned, yellow-headed and yellow-naped amazons. Though their body language is the same, Panama amazons are much less likely to become physically aggressive.
Yellow-naped amazon (Amazona auropalliata) Mostly green, yellow band across the lower nape and hindneck. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua: Yellow-crowned amazon (Amazona ochrocephala) 33–38 cm (13–15 in) long, mostly green, extent of the yellow on the head varies between subspecies.
: 11 The yellow-headed amazon, yellow-naped amazon, and turquoise-fronted amazon are some of the species which are commonly kept as pets.: 255 They can live for 30 to 50 years,: 8 with one report of a yellow-crowned amazon living for 56 years in captivity.
The blue-fronted amazon is commonly seen as a pet, both in South America and other parts of the world. Their talking ability varies greatly from individual to individual, but some speak nearly as well as the yellow-headed amazon group (yellow-naped, Panama, yellow-crowned, double yellow-headed). They seem to have a proclivity for singing.
Trinomial name. Amazona farinosa farinosa. ( Boddaert, 1783) The southern mealy amazon or southern mealy parrot ( Amazona farinosa farinosa) is among the largest parrots in the genus Amazona, the amazon parrots. It is a mainly green parrot with a total length of 38–41 cm (15–16 in). It is native to tropical Central and South America.