Yellow-crowned Parrot

Amazona ochrocephala

Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPsittaciformes (Parrots)
FamilyPsittacidae (New World and African Parrots)
GenusAmazona (Amazon Parrots)
SpeciesAmazona ochrocephala (Yellow-crowned Parrot)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Coiba National Park

4 Verified sightings at Coiba National Park From 2019 to 2026

4,247 Verified sightings across all 26 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Yellow-crowned Parrot

The yellow-crowned amazon or yellow-crowned parrot (Amazona ochrocephala) is a species of parrot native to tropical South America, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. The taxonomy is highly complex and the yellow-headed (A. oratrix) and yellow-naped amazon (A. auropalliata) are sometimes considered subspecies of the yellow-crowned amazon. Except in the taxonomic section, the following deals only with the nominate group (including subspecies xantholaema, nattereri and panamensis).They are found in the Amazon basin.

The yellow-crowned amazon was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus ochrocephalus. Gmelin specified the type locality as "America", but this was restricted to Venezuela in 1902. The yellow-crowned amazon is now one of around thirty species of parrot placed in the genus Amazona that was introduced by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1830. The genus name is a Latinized version of the name Amazone given to these parrot in the 18th century... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Coiba National Park

Amazona autumnalis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Amazona farinosa

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Ara macao

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Brotogeris jugularis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Pionus menstruus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Aratinga pertinax

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Pionopsitta haematotis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~20%
2	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
3	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~20%
4	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~20%
5	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
6	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~10%
7	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
8	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
9	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	<5%
10	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
11	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
12	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
13	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
14	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
15	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
16	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
17	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
18	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
19	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
20	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
21	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	Insufficient data
22	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	Insufficient data
23	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
24	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
25	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
26	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data

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Yellow-crowned Parrot

About the Yellow-crowned Parrot

Closest Relatives at Coiba National Park

Red-lored Parrot

Mealy Parrot

Scarlet Macaw

Orange-chinned Parakeet

Blue-headed Parrot

Brown-throated Parakeet

Brown-hooded Parrot

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found