>I have  a yellow nape and dont' know his subspecies.
I'm no Amazon expert, by a long shot. The only book I have that shows
Amazons is Forshaw's Parrots of the World. But I'll look!
>He is a male, has burgandy at the bend of his wing or just on the
>underside of the bend, has a yellow front on his head and a small
>yellow nape patch on the nape of his neck and has a greyish beak.
Well, first thing I found was that the Yellow NAPE (Amazona
ochrocephala auropalliata) is a subspecies of the Yellow CROWNED Amazon
(Amazona ochrocephala).
There are nine sub-species of yellow crown Amazons listed, none of which
are described exactly like Elton. The closest one is
"Amazona ochrocephala pamamensis": "Adults forehead, forecrown and
anterior of lores yellow; above eyes and hindcrown, bordering yellow
area, bluish-green; less red on bend of wing; thighs generally green,
but sometimes suffused with yellow; smaller than A. o. ochrocephala."
Weights are not listed; male wing span is 191-215 mm, tail 94-109 mm.
I DID have a lot more written, but I just suffered a brownout that
rebooted my computer, and I lost half of the post (thank god for
offline readers--I'd already saved it once). I need to finish this
quickly before it happens again.
I was going to suggest that you seek out some newer books--I *think*
Rosemary Low wrote an Amazon book, but I'm not sure. Parrots of the
World doesn't have pictures of every subspecies. If you could find a
book with better pictures, it might help you ID Elton more accurately.
I'm hoping some of the other Parrots users might have books in their
libraries that will help also. Good luck!
--Kathy
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