Yellow-crowned Amazon

Amazona ochrocephala (Gmelin, JF, 1788)

33–38 cmLength477 gWeight

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.

Busiest months: October–January · Most records: Venezuela, Colombia, Peru

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Yellow-crowned Amazon has been recorded at 276 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 16 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Parque del EsteVenezuela1,075 records
El MarquésVenezuela705 records
Parque Los CaobosVenezuela668 records

More places

PandionColombia534 records
Georgetown Botanical GardensGuyana469 records
Charca de Guarinocito, La Dorada -CaldasColombia452 records
RN Laguna de SonsoColombia447 records
Universidad Central de Venezuela, CaracasVenezuela422 records
Universidad de Los LlanosColombia415 records
El Jaguar ProAves reserveColombia383 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Venezuela Colombia Peru Ecuador Panama Guyana Brazil Trinidad & Tobago

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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.

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Questions

How big is the Yellow-crowned Amazon?

The Yellow-crowned Amazon is about 33–38 cm long and weighs around 477 g.

Where does the Yellow-crowned Amazon live?

Its breeding range: Middle America, South America: western Panama to eastern Peru and northern Bolivia. It is most often recorded in Venezuela, Colombia and Peru.