| Description: There
are 2 available distinct known variables in this
species. One is the most common the A ochrocephala
oratrix, {Pictured above }this species is what you find most times when
offered double yellow heads, with little or no yellow
and red in bend of the wings and when young just the
forehead and crown is yellow, with the entire head
being covered in yellow in few years. This Double Yellow
Head is from Mexico mostly central to northern areas.
The other geo different species is the Magna
subspecies, being uncommon and the most colorful with
the head being covered at a earlier age, many get full
yellow much sooner than the oratrix.
Our magna babies will even have yellow around their
eyes and yellow going down into their chest area when
only few months old, which is totally distinctive of the
magna species. The wings have the yellow and red in
the bends, even when very young you can see this. Many breeders actually think they
have the rare tres Marie subspecies of the
double yellow head from the tres marie island in the
pacific, which I think is just wishful thinking. Many
times we have seen Tres Marie species advertised and
when I saw them, they were magnas, again just wishful
thinking.
I have only seen and owned
one pair of real tres marie Yellow Head Amazon,
although I have responded to many adverts that claimed
to have them, in which when I saw them was just Magnas.
The pair of Tres Marie we owned were brought from the island in the
70's and i purchased them and like a fool I sold them
soon after. The magna sub species is from the eastern area of
mexico ranging even into the slopes on the eastern
coast of Mexico. Sometimes this species is referred to
as Eastern Double Yellow Head Amazon by well known
Breeder, lecturer, Writer, avian expert Tony Silva and
other experts.
This species is
well known for talking ability. The Double Yellow Head
Amazon is one of the more colorful species of amazons.
When young there is much less yellow on the head and
as the bird matures the yellow completely covers the
crown and down into the face as well. As with all
amazons the Yellow heads do have their own little
quirks and attitudes. I think that most attitudes as
well as mature personality is formed while still
young. Our babies are handled and given every
opportunity to become a very well socialized
bird. Many babies have many different colorations when
young, we have had babies with yellow faces and some
with just the crown being yellow when babies. When all
Yellow heads start to mature the head as well the
cheeks start to get yellow until all the crown, head,
cheeks and around the eyes have yellow covering, The
name Double Yellow Head comes from this coloring.
I
personally love this bird due to the coloring and demeanor.
I just love amazons in general.
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