#1179 · 🐦 birds

Yellow-headed Amazon

🇳🇱 Geelkopamazone ·Amazona oratrix

ENendangered 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Bryan Pfeiffer · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Carolina · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
4. © Ami Nia PapaMossi · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Francisco Farriols Sarabia · CC BY 4.0
6. © Justin Stuart · CC BY 4.0
7. © jstrogen · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © edporopat · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The yellow-headed amazon ( Amazona oratrix ), also known as the yellow-headed parrot and double yellow-headed amazon , is an endangered amazon parrot of Mexico and northern Central America. Measuring 38–43 centimetres (15–17 in) in length, it is a stocky short-tailed green parrot with a yellow head. It prefers to live in mangrove forests or forests near rivers or other bodies of water. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the yellow-crowned amazon. It is a popular pet and an...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,716iNaturalist observations
threat ENendangered

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,716 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Robert Ridgway in 1887 (139 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.