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The Yellow-naped amazon (Amazona auropalliata) is a bird found in Mexico and United States. Found in Mexico and the United States. It eats fruit, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

🏡 Where the Yellow-naped amazon lives

Found in Mexico and the United States.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🍎 Fruit40%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts30%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants30%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Yellow-naped amazon

Recorded by Max Noack (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC502333. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Yellow-naped amazon

Where does the Yellow-naped amazon live?

The Yellow-naped amazon lives in Mexico and United States. Found in Mexico and the United States.

What does the Yellow-naped amazon eat?

fruit (about 40%), seeds and nuts (about 30%), leaves and other plant parts (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Yellow-naped amazon endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

More birds from North America

• Gunnison Grouse
• Bay-breasted Cuckoo
• Fernandina's Flicker
• White-fronted Quail-Dove
• Black Rail
• Black Rosy Finch

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.