Yellow-naped Parrot
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| Amazona auropalliata (Lesson, 1842) |
The Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata) is a New World parrot now more usually considered to be a subspecies of Yellow-crowned Parrot, Amazona ochrocephala (Gmelin, 1788).
It is found along the Pacific coast from southern Mexico south to northern Costa Rica. It is distinguished by its green forehead and crown and a yellow band across the lower nape and hindneck. The bill is dark grey and is paler towards the base of the upper mandible.
In common with many parrot species, it feeds on nuts, berries, seeds, and fruit.
This parrot is easliy taught to talk and is therefore popular in the pet trade but many birds are believed to be supplied from nestlings caught in the wild.
Deforestation is reducing the number of these parrots in the wild together with illegal removal of young for the pet trade.
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