Yellow Naped Amazon
Yellow Naped Amazon – amazona ochrocephala auropalliata
Length: 35cm/14inches 
Weight: 480-550 grams
Life span: 20-30 years
Incubation: 26 days
Age at weaning: 60 days
Age at maturity: 2 years
Natural habitat: Pacific coast from Northwest Costa Rica North to Eastern Oaxaca Southern mexico
They Yellow Naped Amazon inhabits semi-arid woodland, arid scrub and savannahs. They are generally found in pairs or small flocks gathering together in larger flocks to roost. These birds are strong fliers and fly quite high when travelling long distances. They used to gather in flocks of several hundred or more but this is now rare due to trapping. They spend most of the time perched in the trees and in flight, searching for food. They give a reiterated screech, and whistling notes, when disturbed.Their diet consists of seeds, nuts, fruit, berries, and figs.Their nests are built in unlined hollows in, living or dead, trees. Mating usually occurs from February to May, a normal clutch is 2-4 eggs.
The plumage of the adult Yellow Naped Amazon is mostly green, with large patches of yellow on the napes of their necks. Some birds also have a yellow blaze on their foreheads. Yellow Naped Amazons tend to be a lighter, brighter green than other Amazon species. Their bill is horn coloured and their legs a pale grey. Immature birds have no yellow on their napes. The yellow nape begins to molt in when they are between 18 months to 2 years old. It continues to get larger as the bird ages
Oct 08, 2009 | 0 | Birds