Parrots (Psittacidae) - HBW 4
Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)
French: Amazone à front jaune
German: Gelbscheitelamazone
Spanish: Amazona Real
Other common names: Yellow-fronted Amazon/Parrot, Yellow-crowned Parrot; Yellow-headed Amazon (orartrix group); Yellow-naped Amazon (auropalliata group)
Taxonomy: Psittacus ochrocephalus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Venezuela.
Polytypic and, in Central America, apparently polymorphic. Often broken down into three species: A. oratrix, incorporating tresmariae and belizensis; A. auropalliata, incorporating caribaea and parvipes; and A. ochrocephala incorporating panamensis, xantholaema and nattereri. However, considerable variation and overlap in characters exist in populations in and adjacent to Honduras, such that no very coherent species limits can be set at any point between oratrix to the N and panamensis to the S; possibly the c.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Psittacus ochrocephalus J. F. Gmelin,1788. Venezuela.
Polytypic and, in Central America, apparently polymorphic. Often broken down into three species: A. oratrix, incorporating tresmariae and belizensis; A. auropalliata, incorporating caribaea and parvipes; and A. ochrocephala incorporating panamensis, xantholaema and nattereri. However, considerable variation and overlap in characters exist in populations in and adjacent to Honduras, such that no very coherent species limits can be set at any point between oratrix to the N and panamensis to the S; possibly the clearest-cut step would involve separating oratrix and tresmariae, thus transferring belizensis to the ochrocephala group. On present knowledge, entire complex is probably best regarded as a single species. Patterns of variation remain unclear and birds of extreme E Guatemala may be separable as race guatemalensis and those of NW Honduras as hondurensis; both of these forms appear closer to oratrix group than to auropalliata group. Ten subspecies currently recognized.
Polytypic and, in Central America, apparently polymorphic. Often broken down into three species: A. oratrix, incorporating tresmariae and belizensis; A. auropalliata, incorporating caribaea and parvipes; and A. ochrocephala incorporating panamensis, xantholaema and nattereri. However, considerable variation and overlap in characters exist in populations in and adjacent to Honduras, such that no very coherent species limits can be set at any point between oratrix to the N and panamensis to the S; possibly the clearest-cut step would involve separating oratrix and tresmariae, thus transferring belizensis to the ochrocephala group. On present knowledge, entire complex is probably best regarded as a single species. Patterns of variation remain unclear and birds of extreme E Guatemala may be separable as race guatemalensis and those of NW Honduras as hondurensis; both of these forms appear closer to oratrix group than to auropalliata group. Ten subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tresmariae Nelson, 1900 - Tres Marías Is, off WC Mexico.
- oratrix Ridgway, 1887 - Pacific and Atlantic lowlands of Mexico.
- belizensis Monroe & Howell, 1966 - Belize.
- tresmariae Nelson, 1900 - Tres Marías Is, off WC Mexico.
- oratrix Ridgway, 1887 - Pacific and Atlantic lowlands of Mexico.
- belizensis Monroe & Howell, 1966 - Belize.
- caribaea Lousada, 1989 - Bay Is, Honduras.
- parvipes Monroe & Howell, 1966 - NE Honduras and N Nicaragua.
- auropalliata (Lesson, 1842) - S Mexico S to NW Costa Rica.
- panamensis (Cabanis, 1874) - W Panama to NW Colombia.
- ochrocephala (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - E Colombia E through Venezuela, Trinidad and the Guianas to NC Brazil (Pará).
- xantholaema Berlepsch, 1913 - Marajó I, Amazon Delta, N Brazil.
- nattereri (Finsch, 1865) - S Colombia S through E Ecuador and E Peru to N Bolivia and W Brazil.
- Least Concern
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A group on a clay lick Yasuní National Park, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp nattereri)
Anna Motis 11 August 2006 2 years ago 14 sec 4.7 -
Groups of birds landing on river rocks to take minerals, together with Red-bellied Macaws Pousada Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas, Brazil (ssp nattereri)
Josep del Hoyo 8 July 2007 2 years ago 59 sec 4.6 -
A large group, mixed with Red-bellied Macaws, taking mineralss on river rocks Pousada Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas, Brazil (ssp nattereri)
Josep del Hoyo 8 July 2007 2 years ago 37 sec 4.3 -
Two individuals in a salt lick with Mealy Parrots and Dusky-headed Parakeets Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp nattereri)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 1 year ago 24 sec 4.2 -
A close-up of a bird Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica (ssp auropalliata)
Max Roth 31 January 2004 4 years ago 7 sec 4.2 -
A bird taking minerals at a salt lick with Mealy and Blue-headed Parrots and Dusky-headed Parakeets Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp nattereri)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 1 year ago 42 sec 4.1
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Two individuals on a satellite dish. Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp ocrocephala)
philgunson 10 January 2010 8 weeks ago 3.7 -
A wild parrot visiting an apartment balcony. Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp ochrocephala)
philgunson 11 August 2008 1 year ago 3.7 -
close-up of male Double Yellow-Headed Amazon USA (ssp oratrix)
J. Brubaker 11 November 2009 18 weeks ago 3.6 -
An individual feeding in a fruiting tree. Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp ocrocephala)
philgunson 17 January 2010 8 weeks ago 3 -
Two birds perched. Vogelpark Walsrode, Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp auropalliata)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 44 weeks ago 3 -
Bird in a tree Colombia
mauricio rueda 45 weeks ago 2.7
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Flight calls. Pousada Rio Azul, Pará, Brazil
(ssp nattereri)
Bradley Davis 31 July 2007 15 weeks ago 4 -
Two birds calling from a perch on a satellite antenna. Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
(ssp ochrocephala)
philgunson 26 April 2009 46 weeks ago 2.5
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