mostly green plumage with red shoulder patch (pet show; 2013-04-20)


Yellow-naped Amazon
Amazona auropalliata

Native Range: Middle America

Notes: distinguished by mostly green forehead, green crown, and yellow band across the nape; beak and feet dark grey; popular in the pet trade because it readily mimics sounds including human voices.

yellow iris; yellow nape; impish personality (pet show; 2013-04-20)
posing for a portrait (pet show; 2013-04-20)

dorsal view (pet show; 2013-04-20)
ventral view; red highlights in wing and tail (pet show; 2013-04-20)