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
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 ID:
A0BA30849208DD27
Avibase ID:
avibase-A0BA3084
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/A0BA3084
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177800
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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Other synonyms
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