The Yellow Crowned Amazon makes an excellent pet. Those lucky enough to have one in their homes boast of their friendly nature and excellent talking abilities.

The Yellow Crowned Amazon, also known as the Yellow Fronted Amazon, or Yellow Headed Amazon, is a very popular parrot in today's households. It is no surprise they enjoy much popularity due to their love of people and the ease with which they respond to training. In addition, many are excellent talkers. Talking ability will vary between birds. 

 The Yellow Crowned Amazon is known for being vocal. The Yellow Crowned Amazon is one of the most affectionate Amazons, they quickly give as much love and attention to their owners as their owners bestow upon them. The Yellow Crown also has a great love of chewing. His love of chewing can lead to destructive behavior if he is not given plenty of toys suitable for chewing.

Many young yellow crowns are passed off as yellow napes, panama amazons or double yellow heads, as some yellow napes have yellow at the front of the forehead, some more than others, also baby double yellow heads look somewhat similar. But the yellow crown at adulthood has a completely different mandible, the yellow crown has the grayish horn colored beak at adulthood, darker when babies, where the yellow nape when older will have a darker beak, the double yellow head has the light horn color when older, sometimes displaying a darker tip when very young. The yellow crown has a larger white eye ring. Many variations exist in the yellow crown being mostly due to geo differences of origin not subspecies. Many people try to attach some type of fancy names on their birds trying to make them appear special, where they are just yellow crowns.

Comparision picture of Yellow Nape Amazon                                              Yellow Crown Amazon Adults

The Yellow Crowned Amazon is a handsome parrot. Like most Amazons, his plumage is largely green. His eyes are marked by orange irises. Rainbow markings touch this beautiful bird in many areas. Yellow markings can be seen at adulthood at the crown, lores, and thighs, and can occasionally be seen in the areas around the eyes. Many have described these yellow markings as a 'cap'. Red markings appear at the bend of the wing, while a yellowish green color marks the edges. The wings are indeed spectacular, as the primaries exhibit a lovely violet-blue, with secondaries also possessing this striking violet-blue at the tips and outer webs. The tail has a yellowish green base with red tail feathers. His gray beak is marked by reddish sides and an upper mandible. He also has gray feet. The immature Yellow Crowns exhibit the same colors as the mature adults, but it is typically more muted and the yellow is not as developed, except at the lores and crown. They also have dark irises. Baby Yellow Crowns also have darker beaks and they turn lighter as they mature. No yellow crowns have horn colored beaks they may appear pearlish mixed with gray. Yellow crowns have dark nares, where many sub species may have light nares.

They are medium sized Amazons, averaging 14 inches (36cm) in length with a wingspan of eight to eight and a half inches (198 - 220 mm). Males and Females exhibit no noticeable differences. To determine the sex of your bird you will need to take him/her to a veterinarian for testing.

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We like the Yellow Crown Amazon for talking ability as they exhibit close to the same talking ability to a degree as the yellow nape and double yellow head. 

The Yellow Crowned Amazon originates in South America. Commonly seen in Trinidad, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Northern Brazil and Venezuela

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