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
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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
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 typically resides in a variety of forested environments including tropical semideciduous, deciduous, and riparian forests, as well as mangroves, evergreen forests, and moist forests. They are also found in open habitats with scattered trees such as savannas, pine savannas, and cultivated lands with trees. Yellow-headed Amazon's habitats extend through diverse ecoregions, including coastal lowlands, scrubby woodlands, and gallery forests. Additionally, unique populations utilize royal palm savannas specific to certain geographical regions. Despite this variety, yellow-headed Amazon favors areas rich in trees, whether in natural forests or human-altered landscapes.
Dite type
Herbivorous
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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.
Scientific Classification
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Chordates Class
Birds Order
Parrots Family
Parrots Genus
Amazon parrots Species
Yellow-headed Amazon 
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