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to: MARION HANSEN
from: FRAN WARWICK
date: 1995-08-16 04:36:00
subject: Yellow Nape II

Marion,
From the "World of Amazon Parrots".
A. ochrocephala auropalliata - Yellow Naped Amazon. Like the nominate 
subspecies, but without yellow forhead and lores (occasionally yellow 
feathers 
occur on the forhead); yellow nape band; bend of wing green; thighg green; 
bill greyish.
  Range; Northwestern Nicaragua northward, along the Pacific coast to easten 
  Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
A. o. parvipes -Yellow Naped Amazon. Like the auropalliata but with red on 
the 
bend of the wing; bill duller colored.
   Range; Along the Caribbean coast from the northeastern Nicaragua to 
northeastern Honduras, including the Isla de la Bahia. This subspeicies is 
classified as seperate from the Yellow-crowned Amazon.
So, it seems that with some the nominate species is the Yellow-Crowned. The 
Parvipes being considered a seperate species.
My oldest male, Hector, has been in capitivty for at least 20 years. He is 
mostly a green color, dark bill, small yellow spot on the forhead and a rusty 
brownish-red at the bend of the wings. I noticed that someone else has a 
Naped 
that is similiar to Hector in looks. Wonder where they are from? And I don't 
think that they would be considered as part of the Yellow-Crowned species.
I never got around to asking Kim Joyner (Guatamala Research) about the 
subspecies. I guess because she doesn't have a book out to reference.
And I do imagine that most of the species have been sleeping around with each 
other for years. These would be the American subspecies A. o. 
ix-an-match.
TTYL, Fran 
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