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Yellow-faced parrot

Alipiopsitta xanthops (von Spix, 1824)

NTNear Threatenedparrots

The yellow-faced parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh about 164.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Yellow-faced parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops)
Photo: Jairmoreirafotografia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-faced parrot

Weight
164.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the yellow-faced parrot live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-faced parrot?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-fronted parrot (Poicephalus flavifrons) from Africa is occasionally called "yellow-faced parrot".

The yellow-faced parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops), formerly also known as the yellow-faced amazon, is the only species of the genus Alipiopsitta. It is a Neotropical parrot (tribe Arini), and was classified in the genus Amazona for many years. It is a predominantly green and yellow-plumaged bird with a yellow head. It is a semi-nomadic species found in the cerrado region of Brazil and adjacent Bolivia. As the yellow-faced parrot has disappeared from parts of its former range due to habitat destruction and generally occurs in low densities, it was considered vulnerable by the IUCN, but it remains locally fairly common, occurs in several protected areas and can survive in fragmented habitats, leading to its downlisting to near-threatened.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-faced parrot” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-faced_parrot&oldid=1330661991), 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-faced parrot endangered?

The yellow-faced parrot is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  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 Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the yellow-faced parrot classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusAlipiopsitta
  7. SpeciesAlipiopsitta xanthops (von Spix, 1824)

Synonyms Amazona xanthops, Amazona xanthops, Psittacus xanthops, Salvatoria xanthops

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Yellow-faced AmazonEnglish
  • Yellow-faced AmazonEnglish
  • ببغاء أصفر الجبهةArabic
  • أمازون أصفر الجبهةArabic
  • papagai caragrocCatalan
  • amazoňan žlutobřichýCzech
  • amason wynebfelynWelsh
  • Gulmasket AmazoneDanish
  • GoldbauchamazoneGerman
  • flavmaska papagoEsperanto
  • Amazona del CerradoSpanish
  • Amazona de Cara AmarillaSpanish
  • Loro de cara amarillaSpanish
  • serrado-amatsoonpapagoiEstonian
  • kaunoamatsoniFinnish
  • Pione à face jauneFrench
  • Amazone à face jauneFrench
  • žutolica amazonkaCroatian
  • sárgahasú amazonHungarian
  • Դեղնափոր ամազոնArmenian
  • Amazzone facciagiallaItalian
  • ワキアカボウシインコJapanese
  • geltonveidė amazonėLithuanian
  • SolamazonNorwegian Bokmål
  • GeelbuikamazoneDutch
  • solpapegøyeNorwegian
  • żółtogłówkaPolish
  • papagaio-galegoPortuguese
  • papagaio-do-cerradoPortuguese
  • Желтобрюхий амазонRussian
  • Желтобрюхий амазонетRussian
  • amazoňan žltobruchýSlovak
  • Žutoliki papagajSerbian
  • gulmaskad papegojaSwedish
  • Sarı Suratlı AmazonTurkish
  • амазон жовточеревийUkrainian
  • 黄颊鹦哥Chinese
  • 黃臉亞馬遜鸚哥Chinese

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Relatives of the yellow-faced parrot

Other species in the same family Psittacidae.

EN, Endangered
Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)

Grey parrot

Psittacus erithacus

Psittacidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yellow-faced parrot?

An adult yellow-faced parrot weighs 164.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-faced parrot endangered?

The yellow-faced parrot is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the yellow-faced parrot?

The yellow-faced parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_faced_parrot_2026,
  title = {Yellow-faced parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-faced-parrot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}