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Yucatan amazon

Amazona xantholora (G. R. Gray, 1859)

LCLeast Concernparrots

The yucatan amazon (Amazona xantholora) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 216.5 g to 217 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yucatan amazon (Amazona xantholora)
Photo: Adrianh M. Orozco · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yucatan amazon

Weight
217 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4src 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 yucatan amazon live?

Not recorded

What is the yucatan amazon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Yucatan amazon (Amazona xantholora), also known as the yellow-lored amazon, Yucatan parrot or yellow-lored parrot is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.

From the Wikipedia article “Yucatan amazon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yucatan_amazon&oldid=1315358348), 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 yucatan amazon endangered?

The yucatan 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 yucatan amazon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusAmazona
  7. SpeciesAmazona xantholora (G. R. Gray, 1859)

Synonyms Chrysotis xantholora

Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • Yellow-lored AmazonEnglish
  • Yellow-lored parrotEnglish
  • Yucatan AmazonEnglish
  • Yucatan AmazonEnglish
  • Yucatan AmazonEnglish
  • ببغاء يوكاتانArabic
  • أمازون يوكاتانArabic
  • papagai del YucatánCatalan
  • amazoňan černouchýCzech
  • amason trwynfelynWelsh
  • Gultøjlet AmazoneDanish
  • GoldzügelamazoneGerman
  • GoldflügelamazoneGerman
  • jukatana amazonpapagoEsperanto
  • Loro yucatecoSpanish
  • Amazona yucatecaSpanish
  • yucatani amatsoonpapagoiEstonian
  • jukataninamatsoniFinnish
  • Amazone du YucatanFrench
  • jukatanska amazonkaCroatian
  • sárgakantárú amazonHungarian
  • sárgakantáros amazonHungarian
  • Դեղնասանձ ամազոնArmenian
  • Amazzone redini gialleItalian
  • キバナボウシインコJapanese
  • jukataninė amazonėLithuanian
  • GeelteugelamazoneDutch
  • gultøyleamazonNorwegian
  • amazonka żółtokantarowaPolish
  • papagaio-de-iucatãPortuguese
  • Papagaio-de-YucatánPortuguese
  • papagaio-do-iucatãoPortuguese
  • Юкатанский амазонRussian
  • Желтоуздечный амазонRussian
  • amazoňan belizskýSlovak
  • Zlatouzdi amazonacSerbian
  • yucatánamazonSwedish
  • Yukatan AmazonuTurkish
  • амазон юкатанськийUkrainian
  • 黄眼先鹦哥Chinese
  • 黃眼先亞馬遜鸚哥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yucatan 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 yucatan amazon?

An adult yucatan amazon weighs 217 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yucatan amazon endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the yucatan amazon?

The yucatan amazon (Amazona xantholora) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{yucatan_amazon_2026,
  title = {Yucatan amazon (Amazona xantholora)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yucatan-amazon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}