Listen to the Yellow-headed amazon
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About the Yellow-headed amazon
The Yellow-headed amazon is a bird in the family Psittacidae (order Psittaciformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “endangered”.
What does the Yellow-headed amazon sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The yellow-headed amazon (Amazona oratrix), also known as the yellow-headed parrot and double yellow-headed amazon, is an endangered amazon parrot of Mexico and northern Central America. Measuring 38–43 centimetres (15–17 in) in length, it is a stocky short-tailed green parrot with a yellow head. It prefers to live in mangrove forests or forests near rivers or other bodies of water. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the yellow-crowned amazon (Amazona ochrocephala). It is a popular pet and an excellent talker. Poaching for the international pet trade has driven the species to near-extinction in the wild; around half of all wild-caught birds are thought to die in the process.
Related birds in the genus Amazona
More from the family Psittacidae
Military macaw
Ara militaris
Monk parakeet
Myiopsitta monachus
Chestnut-fronted macaw
Ara severus
Crimson rosella
Platycercus elegans
Blue-headed parrot
Pionus menstruus
Australian king parrot
Alisterus scapularis
Australian ringneck
Barnardius zonarius
Golden-plumed parakeet
Leptosittaca branickii
Barred parakeet
Bolborhynchus lineola
Frequently asked questions
What does a Yellow-headed amazon sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Yellow-headed amazon on this page, including its call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Yellow-headed amazon endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Yellow-headed amazon as “endangered”.
What family does the Yellow-headed amazon belong to?
The Yellow-headed amazon (Amazona oratrix) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Near Lamanai Outpost, Orange Walk District, Belize by Oliver Komar – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q613939 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Yellow-headed amazon – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by palindrome6996 – CC BY 2.0