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Yellow-crowned amazon

Amazona ochrocephala (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

LCLeast Concernparrots

The yellow-crowned amazon (Amazona ochrocephala) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 429 g to 476.9 g and live up to 56 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-crowned amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)
Photo: Ymmer Vanegas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-crowned amazon

Weight
429 g – 476.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
56 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
29 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the yellow-crowned amazon live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-crowned amazon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-crowned amazon or yellow-crowned parrot (Amazona ochrocephala) is a species of parrot native to tropical South America, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. The taxonomy is highly complex and the yellow-headed (A. oratrix) and yellow-naped amazon (A. auropalliata) are sometimes considered subspecies of the yellow-crowned amazon. Except in the taxonomic section, the following deals only with the nominate group (including subspecies xantholaema, nattereri and panamensis).They are found in the Amazon basin.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-crowned amazon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-crowned_amazon&oldid=1314869198), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the yellow-crowned amazon endangered?

The yellow-crowned amazon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the yellow-crowned amazon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusAmazona
  7. SpeciesAmazona ochrocephala (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Synonyms Psittacus ochrocephalus

Other names and names in other languages (50)
  • Yellow-crowned AmazonEnglish
  • Yellow-crowned AmazonEnglish
  • Yellow-crowned AmazonEnglish
  • Yellow-crowned parrotEnglish
  • ببغاء أصفر التاجArabic
  • أمازون أصفر التاجArabic
  • Жълтоглава амазонаBulgarian
  • papagai de front gorcCatalan
  • amazoňan žlutohlavýCzech
  • amason corun melynWelsh
  • Gulisset AmazoneDanish
  • GelbscheitelamazoneGerman
  • flavkrona amazonpapagoEsperanto
  • Amazona realSpanish
  • Lora cabeciamarillaSpanish
  • Lora frentiamarillaSpanish
  • Loro Corona AmarillaSpanish
  • Loro moña amarillaSpanish
  • Loro RealSpanish
  • kuldkiird-amatsoonpapagoiEstonian
  • amazonianamatsoniFinnish
  • Amazone à front jauneFrench
  • Amazone à tête jauneFrench
  • žutočela amazonkaCroatian
  • sárgahomlokú amazonHungarian
  • Սուրինամյան ամազոնArmenian
  • Amazzone capogialloItalian
  • キビタイボウシインコJapanese
  • geltongalvė amazonėLithuanian
  • GeelhoofdamazoneDutch
  • GeelvoorhoofdamazoneDutch
  • gulkroneamazonNorwegian
  • Lora RealPapiamento
  • Lora Skouder CòráPapiamento
  • Lora Skouder KòráPapiamento
  • amazonka żółtogłowaPolish
  • papagaio-campeiroPortuguese
  • papagaio-de-coroa-amarelaPortuguese
  • Желтолобый амазонRussian
  • Желтошапочный амазонRussian
  • Суринамский амазонRussian
  • Cуринамский амазонRussian
  • amazoňan štvorfarebnýSlovak
  • Žutočeli amazonacSerbian
  • gulkronad amazonSwedish
  • Sarı Alınlı AmazonTurkish
  • Sarı Alınlı PapağanTurkish
  • амазон тринідадськийUkrainian
  • 黄冠鹦哥Chinese
  • 黃冠亞馬遜鸚哥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow-crowned amazon

Other species in the same genus Amazona.

NT, Near Threatened
Cuban amazon (Amazona leucocephala)

Cuban amazon

Amazona leucocephala

Psittacidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yellow-crowned amazon?

An adult yellow-crowned amazon weighs 429 g – 476.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-crowned amazon endangered?

The yellow-crowned amazon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the yellow-crowned amazon live?

The yellow-crowned amazon has a recorded lifespan of 56 years.

What kind of animal is the yellow-crowned amazon?

The yellow-crowned amazon (Amazona ochrocephala) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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  title = {Yellow-crowned amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-crowned-amazon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}