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 taming. In addition, many are excellent talkers. Talking ability will vary between birds and there are not guarantees any bird will talk. 

 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 the double yellow heads look somewhat similar. But the yellow crown has a completely different mandible, the yellow crown has the grayish horn colored beak 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 as a larger white eye ring.

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 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. 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.

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

**Note** The Yellow Nape Amazon cannot be equaled in talking ability by ANY bird in our opinion.

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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