---
title: "Papagaio-campeiro"
description: "Amazona ochrocephala — Aves. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/yellow-crowned-amazon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Papagaio-campeiro

> Amazona ochrocephala — Aves. 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.

- Scientific name: *Amazona ochrocephala*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 3900
- Wikidata: [Q852737](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q852737)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19003](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19003)

## Names

- en: Yellow-crowned Amazon
- de: Gelbscheitelamazone
- es: Lora cabeciamarilla
- fr: Amazone à front jaune
- nl: Geelvoorhoofdamazone
- pt: Papagaio-campeiro
- pl: Amazonka żółtogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

CO (1191), PA (374), BR (172), PE (152), EC (149), VE (108), BO (77), TT (66), GY (55), ES (10), CR (7), SR (4)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Papagaio-campeiro](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-crowned-amazon/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/326788700

## Machine access

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