Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)

Yellow-crowned Amazon, a reference photo — Photo: derivative work: Snowmanradio (talk) Yellow-crowned_Amazon_(Amazona_ochrocephala)_-Pair_at_Well_Place_Zoo.jpg: David Joyce · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

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.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Yellow-crowned Amazon being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Amazona
Species: Amazona ochrocephala

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