Amazona oratrix is a chordate, or more specifically a bird, in the Psittacidae family.

Amazona oratrix is commonly known (its common name) as the Yellow-Headed Parrot in English. In French (Français), Amazona oratrix is commonly known as the Amazone À Tête Jaune. In Spanish (Español), Amazona oratrix is commonly known as the Loro Cabeciamarillo.

Amazona oratrix is classified as endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Amazona oratrix's population trend was decreasing at last assessment, meaning its numbers are declining in the wild.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Amazona oratrix is Ridgway, 1887 (IUCN Red List).

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Country Distribution: Amazona oratrix is found in the following countries:

Belize, Guatemala, Mexico (IUCN Red List).

Biome(s)/Ecosystem(s): IUCN lists the following as biomes for Amazona oratrix: Terrestrial (IUCN Red List).

Major Habitat(s): 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
1.7 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove
3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
11.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land (IUCN Red List).

Habitat: Amazona oratrix has undergone a dramatic population decline, judged at 90% since the mid-1970s, to 7,000 birds in 1994. There are three subpopulations in Mexico: the race magna in Tamaulipas, San Luis Potos, Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco and Campeche; the nominate race from Jalisco to Oaxaca⁷; and the race tresmariae on the Islas Maras. The race belizensis was widespread in coastal Belize, but is now primarily restricted to central and north-west areas¹. There is an old report and a 1993 record from Petn, Guatemala¹, and "guatemalensis" occurs from Punta Manabique to extreme north-west Honduras⁴. Populations in Belize and at the known site in Campeche are healthy². There are conflicting reports that tresmariae is stable³ and under considerable threat⁵. (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Amazona oratrix is listed as EN A2bcd ver 3.1 (2001) (IUCN Red List).

Year Assessed: Amazona oratrix's status was assessed in 2004 (IUCN Red List).

Assessor: Amazona oratrix's Red List status was evaluated by BirdLife International (IUCN Red List).

Red List Evaluator: The Red List Evaluator for Amazona oratrix is listed by IUCN as Capper, D., Wege, D. & Benstead, P. (BirdLife International Red List Authority) (IUCN Red List).

Red List Rational / Justification : Amazona oratrix is listed by IUCN for the following: This species qualifies as Endangered owing to a very rapid population decline, equivalent to 68% in 10 years. The population is now so small that lower (but still very significant) rates of decline are likely in the future. (IUCN Red List).

Threats: 1.1.3 (Wikipedia).

Red List History: Amazona oratrix was listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 1988 (IUCN Red List).

Data Sources for IUCN data: The following is a list of citations from the IUCN web site for Amazona oratrix:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places:
For References from A–L.
For References from M–Z.

BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.

BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.

(IUCN Red List).

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Amazona oratrix (IUCN Red List).

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