The Yellow-naped Parrot or Yellow-naped Amazon (Amazona auropalliata) is an Amazon parrot sometimes considered to be a subspecies of Yellow-crowned Amazon, Amazona ochrocephala (Gmelin, 1788). This one in the photo is a captive wild parrot who would have originated in northern Costa Rica.
Amazona auropalliata is found in Mexico and Central America, occurring along the Pacific slope of the isthmus in southern Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas), Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and north-western Costa Rica, the Bay Islands (Roatán and Guanaja) of Honduras, and the Caribbean slope in eastern Honduras and north-eastern Nicaragua (Juniper and Parr 1998).
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Probably the easiest place to see them logistically is in the Guanacaste or Tarcoles area of Costa Rica. Use a Central American award to get you here. When I blog about Tarcoles, I will go into more detail about where to see them in that area.
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VIDEO
Nice mini-doco with some interviews in Spanish with English subtitles. I especially love how they are encouraging the local communities to support eco-tourism and leave the birds in the wild!