Nothing quite compares to the exotic colors, powerful build, fascinating personality and vocal characteristics of the parrots in Mexico. Psittacines, or true parrots, comprise 372 species in 86 genera. Parrots come in all shapes, sizes and ranges of colors and mainly eat seeds, nuts, fruits, and plant materials. No one is really sure where parrots originated from and little is known about their evolution, but the earliest fossil record of a parrot, a piece of a bill, is 70 million years old and was found in Wyoming.
The Yellow-headed Amazon Parrot (also known as the Double Yellow-headed Amazon) is an endangered parrot of Mexico and Central America. It's an attractive bird with a stocky build, a short green tail and a yellow head. Due to its lovely features it is very popular as a pet and is an excellent talker, as parrots go. Other coloring it displays include red at the top of the wings, yellow thighs and blackish or bluish-violet flight feathers.
These birds have been kept as pets for centuries in Mexico and throughout the world because of their interesting demeanor, good aptitude for talking and ability to sing. Another plus for those keeping Amazons as pets is they very rarely pluck their own feathers. Many other species of parrots pick at their feathers out of nervousness. However during breeding season the Yellow-headed Amazons can be quite aggressive, plus they have a reputation of being fairly hot-tempered.
Trade in these parrots is now illegal in Mexico. There has been an incredible decline in the bird's numbers, a whopping 90% from the 1970s to 1994. All trade has been outlawed internationally as the parrot is now on the endangered species list. Poaching and loss of habitat due to deforestation has been the driving factor in their decline.
Due to the international ban on the importation of these birds, only captive-bred Amazons may be owned legally. Perhaps on your next visit to Mexico you will be fortunate enough to glimpse one of these increasingly rare beauties in the wild. Enjoy its chatter in the treetops, but remember to leave well enough alone. Take only memories and photographs, nothing more.
The Yellow-headed Amazon Parrot (also known as the Double Yellow-headed Amazon) is an endangered parrot of Mexico and Central America. It's an attractive bird with a stocky build, a short green tail and a yellow head. Due to its lovely features it is very popular as a pet and is an excellent talker, as parrots go. Other coloring it displays include red at the top of the wings, yellow thighs and blackish or bluish-violet flight feathers.
These birds have been kept as pets for centuries in Mexico and throughout the world because of their interesting demeanor, good aptitude for talking and ability to sing. Another plus for those keeping Amazons as pets is they very rarely pluck their own feathers. Many other species of parrots pick at their feathers out of nervousness. However during breeding season the Yellow-headed Amazons can be quite aggressive, plus they have a reputation of being fairly hot-tempered.
Trade in these parrots is now illegal in Mexico. There has been an incredible decline in the bird's numbers, a whopping 90% from the 1970s to 1994. All trade has been outlawed internationally as the parrot is now on the endangered species list. Poaching and loss of habitat due to deforestation has been the driving factor in their decline.
Due to the international ban on the importation of these birds, only captive-bred Amazons may be owned legally. Perhaps on your next visit to Mexico you will be fortunate enough to glimpse one of these increasingly rare beauties in the wild. Enjoy its chatter in the treetops, but remember to leave well enough alone. Take only memories and photographs, nothing more.
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