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Yellow-crowned Parrot [incl. magna]

Amazona ochrocephala [incl. magna] (= Amazona ochrocephala) (Gmelin, JF 1788)

The yellow-crowned amazon or yellow-crowned parrot is a species of parrot native to tropical South America, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago. The taxonomy is highly complex and the yellow-headed and yellow-naped amazon are sometimes considered subspecies of the yellow-crowned amazon. Except in the taxonomic section, the following deals only with the nominate group .They are found in the Amazon basin. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Psittacidae
Genus:
   Amazona
Scientific:
  Amazona ochrocephala


Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1788)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Psittacus ochrocephalus

Type locality:
  South America, restricted to Venezuela by Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 109.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10285#page/351/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  A0BA30849208DD27

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A0BA3084

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A0BA3084


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 177800

English:
Yellow-crowned Parrot [incl. magna]
French:
Amazone à front jaune [incl. magna]


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Yellow-crowned Parrot [incl. magna] ( Amazona ochrocephala [incl. magna])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Yellow-crowned Parrot [incl. magna] ( Amazona ochrocephala [incl. magna])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Yellow-crowned Parrot [incl. magna] ( Amazona ochrocephala [incl. magna])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Yellow-crowned Parrot [incl. magna] ( Amazona ochrocephala [incl. magna])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Yellow-crowned Parrot [incl. magna] ( Amazona ochrocephala [incl. magna])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Yellow-crowned Parrot [incl. magna] ( Amazona ochrocephala [incl. magna])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Yellow-crowned Parrot [incl. magna] ( Amazona ochrocephala [incl. magna])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Yellow-crowned Parrot [incl. magna] ( Amazona ochrocephala [incl. magna])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Yellow-crowned Parrot [incl. magna] ( Amazona ochrocephala [incl. magna])
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Yellow-crowned Parrot ( Amazona ochrocephala) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Yellow-crowned Parrot ( Amazona ochrocephala) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Yellow-crowned Parrot ( Amazona ochrocephala) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Yellow-crowned Parrot ( Amazona ochrocephala) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Yellow-crowned Parrot ( Amazona ochrocephala) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Yellow-crowned Parrot ( Amazona ochrocephala) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Yellow-crowned Parrot ( Amazona ochrocephala) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Yellow-crowned Parrot ( Amazona ochrocephala) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Yellow-crowned Parrot ( Amazona ochrocephala) [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Amazona [ochrocephala, oratrix, tresmariae or auropalliata]

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Catalan: Papagai de front gorc
Czech: amazoňan žlutohlavý
Danish: Gulhovedet Amazone
German: Gelbscheitelamazone
English: Yellow-crowned Parrot, Yellow-crowned Parrot [incl. magna]
Spanish: Amazona Real
Spanish (Colombia): Lora cabeciamarilla
Spanish (Honduras): Lora coroniamarilla
Spanish (Mexico): Loro cabeza-amarilla
Spanish (Peru): Loro de Corona Amarilla
Spanish (Venezuela): Loro Real
Estonian: kuldkiird-amatsoonpapagoi
Finnish: amazonianamatsoni
French: Amazone à front jaune, Amazone à front jaune [incl. magna]
Hungarian: sárgahomlokú amazon
Italian: Amazzone capogiallo
Japanese (romaji): kibitaiboushiinko
Japanese: キビタイボウシインコ
Scientific: Amazona ochrocephala, Amazona ochrocephala [incl. magna], Amazona ochrocephala ochrocephala, Psittacus ochrocephalus
Lithuanian: Geltongalvė amazonė
Dutch: Geelkopamazone
Norwegian: Gulkroneamazon
Polish: amazonka zóltoglowa
Portuguese: papagaio-campeiro
Portuguese (Brazil): Papagaio-campeiro
Russian: Суринамский амазон
Slovak: amazoňan štvorfarebný
Swedish: Gulkronad amazon
Ukrainian: Амазон тринідадський
Chinese: 黄冠鹦哥
Chinese (Traditional): 黃冠亞馬遜鸚哥

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