Yellow-naped Amazon |
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Also known as: Golden-naped Amazon, Honduras Yellow-naped Amazon (A.a. parvipes)
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Related publications: Amazona auropalliataSpecies Profile
Genus: Amazona | Species: auropalliata
Size:
35cm (14in)
Weight:
480-550g (17-19.5oz)
Races including nominate:
three: A.a. auropalliata, A.a. parvipes, A.a. caribaea
Colour Adult:
A. auropalliata: Both adults green forehead and crown to area around eyes; yellow patch on lower nape to hindneck that varies with the individual; red on bend of wing absent; yellow on thighs absent. Bill dark grey with pale grey on sides of upper mandible. Eye ring narrow and grey.
A.o. parvipes: Both adults as in auropalliata but yellow on nape more extensive; occasional other yellow markings on forehead; red on bend of wing. Bill pale grey with dark grey markings.
A.o. carbaea: Both adults as in parvipes but more olive/green to underparts; paler in general; grey/horn coloured lower mandible.
Colour Juvenile:
Immatures have no yellow on head or neck; crown washed with blue/green. Bill dark grey. Eye brown.
Call:
Wide variety of squawks, whistles and screams. Also a deep rolling karrow, karr ow.
Listen NowVideo Links:
Video 1 | Video 2More Information:
Avibase
Handbook of the Birds of the World
Content Sources:
CITES
BirdLife International
Internet Bird Collection
Lexicon of Parrots
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2010.
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
ML Media Collection Catalogue 74070, Yellow-naped Parrot Amazona auropalliata, Ross, David L., Jr., Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Feb. 27 1988, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Site
Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.
Avian Pediatric Seminar Proceedings, various authors, 1988.
Did You Know?
Wild populations of Yellow-naped Amazons have undergone a significant decline in the last decade, due to poaching.
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WPT has worked with numerous partners to help save this species. Learn moreAcademic Research
Related publications: Amazona auropalliataSpecies Care
Captive Status:
Well known in US; rarer in Europe.
Longevity:
40-60 yrs
Housing:
Aviary or suspended cage, minimum length 3m (9.8 ft).
Diet:
Fruit such as: apple, pear, orange, cactus fruits, pomegranate, banana, forming about 30 percent of diet; fresh vegetables such as: carrot, celery, green peas, beans, fresh corn and green leaves. Cooked/sprouted beans or pulses. Spray millet, mix of small seeds, limited sunflower; complete kibble.
Enrichment:
Bathing using overhead misters or shallow water bowls; foot toys, destructible (non-toxic) wood block or vegetable tanned leather toys, non-destructible (non-toxic plastic) toys, food-finder toys, preening toys, different texture and size hanging perch toys; fir, pine, willow or elder branches, push-and-pull toys (sliding up and down).
Nest Box Size:
12" x 12" x 24" (30.5cm x 30.5cm x 61cm) vertical box.
Clutch Size:
2 or 3
Incubation Time:
26 days
Fledging Age:
11 weeks
Hatch Weight:
14-16g (0.5-0.56 oz)
Peak Weight:
500-600g (17.6-21.1oz)
Weaning Weight:
475-550g (16.75-19.4oz)
Did You Know?
Wild populations of Yellow-naped Amazons have undergone a significant decline in the last decade, due to poaching.
Programs & Projects
WPT has worked with numerous partners to help save this species. Learn moreAcademic Research
Related publications: Amazona auropalliataSpecies Wild Status
World Population:
As low as 10,000, with less than 1700 in the Pacific lowlands of Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
IUCN Red List Status:
Endangered
CITES Listing:
Appendix I
Threat Summary:
The species is threatened by habitat loss and degradation, driven primarily by the expansion of agriculture, and capture for local and international wild bird trade.
Range:
A.a. auropalliata: Pacific slope from Oaxaca, Mexico to NW Costa Rica
A.a. parvipes Mosquitia of Honduras and NE Nicaragua
A.a. caribaea Bay Islands, Honduras
Habitat:
Deciduous or evergreen forest, clearings, savanna woodland, Pinus woodlands on ridges, dense gallery woodland; less commonly in dry thorn forest, mangroves or coastal swamp forest and cultivated areas with scattered trees.
Wild Diet:
Seeds of Cochlospermum, Curatella, figs and ripening Terminalia fruits. Bay Island birds feed on pine cones.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Birds are found in pairs or flocks with larger gatherings at communal roosts and feed areas.
Clutch and Egg Size:
2 to 4 ovate eggs, 37.0 x 30.0mm (1.4 x 1.2 in)
Breeding Season:
February
Related Links:
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Neotropical Birds
Research: Pair duets in the Yellow-naped Amazon: Responses to playbacks of different dialects, T. Wright and M. Dorin
Research: Pair duets in the Yellow-naped Amazon: Phonology and syntax, T. Wright and C. Dahlin
Research: Long-term monitoring of Yellow-naped Amazons in Costa Rica, C. Dahlin et al.
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