Order Psittaciformes / Family Psittacidae / Subfamily Psittacinae APPENDIX I Amazona oratrix Ridgway, 1887 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Code A-218.003.005.030 2002 (1) Common names: engl.: Yellow-headed Amazon, Yellow-headed Parrot, Double yellow-headed Amazon esp.: Loro cabeciamarillo fr.: Amazone à tête jaune de.: Scientific synonyms: Normally considered a subspecies of Amazona ochrocephala (sheet. A-218.003.005.019) Amazona tresmariae Amazona oratrix Characteristics: Measurements: Total length from tip of bill to tip of tail: 35-38 cm. Length of wing from bend of folded wing to tip of primaries: male 222-244 mm, female 206-233 mm; length of tail from base of central tail-feathers to tip of longest tail-feather: male 104-135 mm, female 105-126 mm; exposed culmen as straight line from tip of upper mandible to anterior edge of cere: male 30-37 mm, female 30-36 mm; tarsus length as length of tarsometatarsus: male 25-28 mm, female 25-27 mm. General appearance: Mediums sized parrot. Adult: Head: Entire head and throat yellow. Upperparts: Green. Underparts: Green, more yellowish than upperparts. Thighs yellow. Wings: Primaries and secondaries green, becoming violet-blue towards tip. Carpal edge yellow. Red speculum on base of outer five secondaries. Bend of wing pale red, with some yellow. Tail: Green, tipped with yellowish green. Lateral rectrices basally marked with red on inner web and outermost feathers edged with blue. Legs: Pale grey. Eye: Iris orange. Bill: Horn coloured, grey towards base of upper mandible. Cere: Dark grey. Immature: Head entirely green, except for yellow patch on forehead. Bend of wing green. Carpal edge yellowish green.