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My classifications pages here include: the Amazons Classifications Page, this Amazona ochrocephala (yellow-headed Amazons) subclassifications page, and an African Greys Page.
Since I'm an Amazona ochrocephala, here are the further classifications of that branch:
Amazona ochrocephala - The Yellow-Headed Amazons
Official Name:
Psittaciformes / Aratingidae / Amazoninae / A. ochrocephala....and:
Subspecies: A.o. ochrocephala; A.o. xantholaema; A.o. natteri; A.o. panamensis;
A.o. auropalliata; A.o. parvipes; A.o. belizensis; A.o. oratrix; A.o. tresmariae.
(further classified below)
| A.o. ochrocephala | IE: Yellow-crowned Amazon (ME!) I Yellow-fronted Amazon I Yellow-headed Amazon IG: Surinam-Amazone I Gelbscheitel-Amazone |
| A.o. auropalliata | IE: Yellow-naped Amazon I Golden-naped Amazon IG: Gelbnackenamazone |
| A.o. belizensis | IG: Gelbkopfamazone |
| A.o. nattereri | IE: Natterer's Amazon IG: Natterers Amazone I Gruene Amazone |
| A.o. oratrix | IE: Double Yellow-headed Amazon I Mexican Yellow-headed Amazon I Levaillant's Amazon IG: Gelbkopf-Amazone I Grosse Gelbkopf-Amazone I Doppel-Gelbkopf-Amazone |
| A.o. panamensis | IE: Panama yellow-headed Amazon IG: Panama-Amazone |
| A.o. parvipes | I ?? |
| A.o. tresmariae | IE: Tres Marias Amazon I: Tres Maris Yellow-headed Amazon IG: Tres Marias Gelbkopfamazone |
| A.o. xantholaema | IE: Marajo Yellow-headed Amazon IG: Marajo-Amazone |
Habitat Range:
Generally dry forest areas, but sometimes tropical rainforest, up to 700 m. They
also come into the cities.
A.o. ochrocephala: N-Para (Brazil), Guayana, Trinidad, to Meta in Colombia
A.o. xantholaema: Marajo Island, Amazonas
A.o. panamensis: NW-Colombia south to Panama and Archipielago de las Parlas in
the Pacific Ocean
A.o. natteri: S-Colombia, E-Equador, NW-Brazil
A.o. auropalliata: NW-Nicaragua along Pacific coast to SW-Mexico (Oaxa)
A.o. parvipes: Along Carribean coast from NE-Nicaragua to NE-Honduras
A.o. belizensis: Carribean coastal regions of Belize
A.o. oratrix: Carribean and Pacific coastal regions of Mexico
A.o. tresmariae: Islas Tres Marias (Pacific, W-Mexico)
Description:
Length: 35 - 40cm; Plumage general green; forehead, lores and crown yellow; red
shoulder. In A.o. natteri only forehead yellow; A.o. auropalliata forehead, lores
and crown green, yellow nape, shoulder green; A.o. parvipes like auropalliata
but red shoulder; A.o. oratrix whole head and chin yellow, shoulder red to yellow;
A.o. tresmariae like oratrix but more yellow on nape and breast. Bill greyish-horn-colored;
legs grey; iris orange; brown in A.o. ochrocephala.
Nutrition: Fruits, seeds and berries.
Breeding: In the northern range the season starts in December/January and later in the southern range. Incubation time 26-28 days fledging after 65 days.
all information from Online Book of Parrots
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