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title: "Papagaio-de-nuca-amarela"
description: "Amazona auropalliata — Aves. The yellow-naped amazon or yellow-naped parrot (Amazona auropalliata) is a widespread amazon parrot sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the yellow-crowned amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/yellow-naped-amazon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Papagaio-de-nuca-amarela

> Amazona auropalliata — Aves. The yellow-naped amazon or yellow-naped parrot (Amazona auropalliata) is a widespread amazon parrot sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the yellow-crowned amazon (Amazona ochrocephala).

- Scientific name: *Amazona auropalliata*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `zoo` (Zoo e animais de estimação)
- iNaturalist observations: 1516
- Wikidata: [Q1259586](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1259586)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18984](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18984)

## Names

- en: Yellow-naped Amazon
- de: Gelbnackenamazone
- es: Loro nuca amarilla
- fr: Amazone à nuque d'or
- nl: Geelnekamazone
- pt: Papagaio-de-nuca-amarela
- pl: Amazonka żółtoszyja

## Countries with the most observations

CR (571), MX (115), SV (96), GT (84), NI (81), HN (60), JM (14)

## Summary

The yellow-naped amazon or yellow-naped parrot (Amazona auropalliata) is a widespread amazon parrot sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the yellow-crowned amazon (Amazona ochrocephala). It inhabits the Pacific coast of southern Mexico and Central America. It has recently been reclassified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List due to a dramatic decline across the extent of its range. Yellow-naped amazons have lost more than 92% of their population over the last three generations.
The primary cause for their population decline are deforestation and illegal removal of young for the parrot trade. This parrot…

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

## Photo

![Papagaio-de-nuca-amarela](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-naped-amazon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carter Dorscht · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340763040

## Machine access

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