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title: "Yellow-headed Amazon"
description: "Amazona oratrix — Uccelli. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/yellow-headed-amazon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-headed Amazon

> Amazona oratrix — Uccelli. 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.

- Scientific name: *Amazona oratrix*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi), `zoo` (Zoo e animali domestici)
- iNaturalist observations: 3666
- Wikidata: [Q613939](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q613939)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18998](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18998)

## Names

- en: Yellow-headed Amazon
- de: Gelbkopfamazone
- es: Loro cabeza amarilla
- fr: Amazone à tête jaune
- nl: Geelkopamazone
- pl: Amazonka żółtogardła

## Countries with the most observations

US (1541), MX (1105), DE (102), BZ (57), HN (10), GT (3)

## Summary

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 (Amazona ochrocephala). It is a popular pet and an excellent talker. Poaching for the international pet trade has driven the species to near-extinction in the wild; around…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-headed_amazon

## Photo

![Yellow-headed Amazon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-headed-amazon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Rafael Torres · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/355581759

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-headed-amazon?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).