Yellow-crowned Amazon
Amazona ochrocephala(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Yellow-crowned Amazon
The Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittacidae (African and New World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
- Scientific name
- Amazona ochrocephala
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-crowned Amazon
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Amazona ochrocephala panamensis
- Amazona ochrocephala ochrocephala
- Amazona ochrocephala xantholaema
- Amazona ochrocephala nattereri
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus ochrocephalus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- South America, restricted to Venezuela by Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 109.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.339
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family African and New World Parrots
Blue-cheeked Amazon
Amazona dufresniana
Red-browed Amazon
Amazona rhodocorytha
Red-necked Amazon
Amazona arausiaca
St. Lucia Amazon
Amazona versicolor
Yellow-naped Amazon
Amazona auropalliata
Yellow-headed Amazon
Amazona oratrix
Yellow-shouldered Amazon
Amazona barbadensis
Turquoise-fronted Amazon
Amazona aestiva
Black-billed Amazon
Amazona agilis
White-fronted Amazon
Amazona albifrons
Yucatan Amazon
Amazona xantholora
Yellow-billed Amazon
Amazona collaria
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