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Yellow-headed Amazon

A species of Amazon parrots, Also known as Double Yellow-headed Amazon
Scientific name : Amazona oratrix Genus : Amazon parrots

Yellow-headed Amazon, A species of Amazon parrots
Also known as:
Double Yellow-headed Amazon
Botanical name: Amazona oratrix
Genus: Amazon parrots
Yellow-headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix) Photo By Photo by David J. Stang , used under CC-BY-SA-4.0 /Cropped and compressed from original

Description

The shape is typical of amazons, with a robust build, rounded wings, and a square tail. The body is bright green, with yellow on the head, dark scallops on the neck, red at the bend of the wing, and yellow thighs. The flight feathers are blackish to bluish violet with a red patch on the outer secondaries. The base of the tail also has a red patch, which is usually hidden. The outer tail feathers have yellowish tips. The bill is horn-colored (gray), darker in immatures of the Belizean subspecies.
Size
36 - 38 cm
Life Expectancy
80 years
Nest Placement
Cavity
Feeding Habits
Yellow-headed Amazon primarily feeds on a variety of fruit, including those from wild and cultivated trees. It engages in foraging activities, often in flocks, and exhibits adaptations for a frugivorous diet.
Habitat
Yellow-headed Amazon occupies a range of forested environments such as tropical semi-deciduous, deciduous, evergreen, and riparian forests, along with mangroves and moist forest types. They also adapt to open areas with trees including savannas and pine savannas, and are present in cultivated lands. Predominantly found in tree-rich regions, their habitats span coastal lowlands to scrubby woodlands and gallery forests.
Dite type
Herbivorous

General Info

Feeding Habits

Bird food type

Distribution Area

This species lives in riparian forest and areas with scattered trees, as well as evergreen forest in Belize and mangroves in Guatemala. Introduced populations can be found in Stuttgart, Germany where a population of over 50 individuals resides. Smaller introduced populations are to found at Imperial Beach, Santa Ana, Loma Linda and Pasadena; all in Southern California. In addition, introduced –and apparently breeding– populations have been reported in Puerto Rico .

Species Status

The yellow-headed amazon is considered endangered by the IUCN, and is on the CITES Appendix I, which by international treaty, has made export, import and trade of wild-caught yellow-headed amazons illegal and the trade in birds bred in aviculture subject to controls in most of the world. The popularity of yellow-headed amazons as a pet continues to fuel poaching efforts, which have nearly driven it to extinction in the wild. Their wild population has declined from 70,000 to 7,000 in the past two decades alone.
Yellow-headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix) Yellow-headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix) Photo By Photo by David J. Stang , used under CC-BY-SA-4.0 /Cropped and compressed from original

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