Yellow-naped Amazon (Amazona auropalliata)

OTHER NAMES: Yellow-naped Parrot
Latin Etymology: Amazona ("Amazon") auropalliata ("gold cloaked")

Yellow-naped Amazon (Amazona auropalliata) at Tarcoles, Costa Rica - November 2025

Featured Subspecies: Amazona auropalliata auropalliata
Weight: 500g  /  Length: 36cm  /  Wingspan: ?
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered

A species of parrot which has recently been elavated to Critically Endangered level due to the twin pressures of deforestation and poaching for the pet-trade, with it being a popular species in aviculture. As mimics they develop extensive repartes of vocalisations and studies have shown they have developed dialects with geographically boundaries in ways with similarities to humans. Unfortunately, this vocal skill is also a contributing factor to their popularity in the pet trade as they mimic human speech.
 
Related Species: 

Order: Psittaciformes

Family: Psittacidae

Genus: Amazona

SUBSPECIES: A. a. auropalliata, A. a. parvipes, A. a. caribaea
 
- Sighting Locations -

COSTA RICA - Spanish - Loro de Nuca Amarilla ("Yellow-naped Parrot")
Widespread in North West
- COSTA RICA 2025 TRIP: Seen at Tarcoles
 
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto