Amazon Parrot | Well-trained Parrots can be Loyal Companions

Amazon Parrot is the most famous and very common parrot from the species “Amazona”. Amazon Parrots are medium-sized birds innate to the ‘new world’ spreading from South America to Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Maximum Amazon Parrots are largely green, with emphasizing colors that depend on the breed and can be fairly bright. Amazon Parrots feed mainly on the seeds, nuts, and fruits, along with leafy substance.

Lifespan

The average life of Amazon Parrots is expected to be 50 years or above in captivity.

Description

Various Amazon Parrots have an extraordinary skill to mimic human talking and other sounds. Partially because of this, they are prevalent as pets as well as companion parrots, and a small industry has established in breeding parrots in imprisonment for this market. This acceptance has led to various parrots being taken from the wild to the extent that some breeds have become endangered. The agreement on “International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Treaty” has made the imprisonment of wild parrots for pet-trade prohibited as an effort to help safeguard wild inhabitants.

Taxonomy and Naming

The species Amazona was recognized by “René Lesson” in the 1830s. Amazon Parrots were Latinized variety with the name “Amazone” given to them in the 18^th century by “Comte de Buffon”, who thought that the breed is native to ‘Amazonian’ forests.

Amazon Parrot Species

1.          Cuban Amazon, Amazona leucocephala

2.          Yellow-Billed Amazon, Amazona collaria

3.          Hispaniolan Amazon, Amazona ventralis

4.          Puerto Rican Amazon, Amazona vittata

5.          Yucatan Amazon, Amazona xantholora

6.          White-Fronted Amazon, Amazona albifrons

7.          Black-Billed Amazon, Amazona agilis

8.          Tucumán Amazon, Amazona tucumana

9.          Red-Spectacled Amazon, Amazona pretrei

10.      Red-Crowned Amazon, Amazona viridigenalis

11.      Lilac-Crowned Amazon, Amazona finschi

12.      Red-Lored Amazon, Amazona autumnalis

13.      Lilacine Amazon, Amazona autumnalis lilacina

14.      Salvin's Red-lored Amazon, Amazona autumnalis salvini

15.      Diademed Amazon, Amazona Diadema

16.      Blue-Cheeked Amazon, Amazona dufresniana

17.      Red-Browed Amazon, Amazona rhodocorytha

18.      Red-tailed Amazon, Amazona brasiliensis

19.      Festive Amazon, Amazona festiva

20.      Yellow-Shouldered Amazon, Amazona barbadensis

21.      Turquoise-Fronted Amazon, Amazona aestiva

22.      Yellow-Crowned Amazon, Amazona ochrocephala

23.      Panama Amazon, Amazona ochrocephala panamensis

24.      Yellow-Napped Amazon, Amazona auropalliata

25.      Yellow-Headed Amazon, Amazona oratrix

26.      Tres Marías Amazon, Amazona tresmariae

27.      Kawall's Amazon, Amazona kawalli

28.      Orange-Winged Amazon, Amazona amazonica

29.      Scaly-Naped Amazon, Amazona mercenarius

30.      Southern Mealy Amazon, Amazona farinosa

31.      Northern Mealy Amazon, Amazona guatemalae

32.      Vinaceous-Breasted Amazon, Amazona vinacea

33.      Saint Lucia Amazon, Amazona Versicolor

34.      Red-necked Amazon, Amazona arausiaca

35.      Saint Vincent Amazon, Amazona guildingii

36.      Imperial Amazon, Amazona imperialis

37.      Blue-Winged Amazon, Amazona Gomez Garza

The classification of Yellow-crowned Amazon is doubtful, with some establishments only register a single breed (A. ochrocephala), whereas others divided it into more than three (3) species which include; A. ochrocephala, A. auropalliata, and A. oratrix. The division is mostly based on changes associated with the extension of yellow to plumage and the color of beak and legs. Phylogenetic study of mtDNA does not provide outdated riven.

The taxonomic standing of Blue-winged Amazon has also been interrogated.

Reclassification of the Yellow-Faced Parrot

The yellow-faced parrot was usually included in this species of Amazon parrots, but the current study has revealed that it is closer to the short-tailed parrot and the breeds from species “Pionus”, consequential to transfer to the monotypic species “Alipiopsitta”.

Hypothetically Extinct Species

Inhabitants of Amazon Parrots that existed on the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe is now inexistent. It is not acknowledged if they were distinct species, subspecies, or if they originated from parrots found in the islands by humans, so they are considered as theoretical extinct breeds. Inhabitants of numerous parrot breeds were defined largely in the natural literature of first tourists, and then scientifically defined by some naturalists mostly in the 20^th century, with no more proof that the past comments and without samples. A design of a sample termed “George Edwards Parrot” has occasionally been considered a possibly dissimilar, nonexistent species, but it may also have been a yellow-billed or Cuban Amazon with irregular colors.

Aviculture

Yellow-headed Amazon, Yellow-naped Amazon, Orange-winged Amazon, and Turquoise-fronted Amazon are the “Amazon parrot species” which are usually retained as pets. Amazon Parrots, alongside Macaws and the Grey Parrot, are recognized for their excellent vocal capabilities, liveliness, and deftness with their feet. Well-groomed Amazon Parrots can be reliable friends. However, some amazons even well-groomed can become hostile; probably during the mating period. To uphold health and happiness, pet-parrots need much more exercise and training than other house-trained animals including cats and dogs. Amazon Parrots need considerate, manipulative toys, and rewards for a good pet, or they can display fairly hostile behaviors. Amazon Parrots have a robust, distinctive need to chew, thus necessitate safe, destructible toys.