Talk:Yellow-headed Amazon
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[edit] Latin names
I personally would leave the latin names in, in parentheses so it is clear for non-native english speakers who do not know the common names, which species is intended. KimvdLinde 20:05, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
- Good point, and thanks for the corrections. —JerryFriedman 21:05, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] merge
It looks to me like these are two different birds (Different genuses)? The amazona group gets divided different ways, but it is clearly a different bird than the diopsittaca. I'm suspicious that the "Double Yellow Head Amazon Breeders" link is really for the amazona.Lisamh 10:11, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Legal aspects
I don't know which legislation they are referring to when saying that "owning double yellow-heads is illegal", but that is not true in a number of places; here in Denmark, as long as the birds are captive-bred, you can keep a flock of 5000, if you so desire. I'll remove or alter that statement if no clarification comes within 48 hours.--Complainer 22:36, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- I just checked on the CITES website. Amazona ochrocephala oratrix is on Appendix I list of CITES, which by international treaty, has made export, import and trade of wild-caught Yellow-headed Parrots illegal and the trade in birds bred in aviculture closely controlled. Generally throughout the world sale of Appendix list I species bred in aviculture must be accompanied with official certification and is subject to checks and regulations. Snowman 22:55, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- The classification of Amazon parrots with yellow heads is more difficult that I first thought. All Amazon parrots that are not on CITES list I are on CITES list II. I think it says that if a parrot can be confused with another parrot species then they are both included on a list. I think that this probably means that the Yellow-headed Parrot is on list I. If I am wrong and it is on list II please make the corrections. Snowman 23:14, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- I agree that it is illegal to import, own and trade a wild-caught Amazona ochrocephala specimen (importing a wild parrot is illegal no matter what, even if it is a pest species like, say, A. farinosa), and there is a bit of paperwork to be done if you purchase a captive-bred one (here they must have a ring and the breeder must give you a lot of papers), but that doesn't detract from the fact that this species is owned legally by thousands of people both in Europe and the USA. There is even a "race" of this species that was created (and only exists) in captivity. The current formulation of the article is extremely confusing; most people who own parrots, at least in Northern Europe, are sensitive to environmental issues, and would never do something that violates CITES rules.--Complainer 09:13, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- As should be obvious from above, double yellow-heads do breed in captivity (how would they establish an artificial variety otherwise?).--Complainer 13:45, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Aviculture WikiProject proposal
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Aviculture. The purpose of this project is to help increase the amount and quality of content related to aviculture on wikipedia, and to maintain and organise articles relating to the subject, eventually bringing as many as possible up to good- or featured-article status. Snowman 23:58, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Animated Gif
I thought that the animated gif file of the yellow-headed parrot eating was a nice touch to the article. Why was it removed ? 216.78.39.5 23:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not the one who removed it, but I don't think it shows any more than the other pictures. If people decide to keep it, it certainly needs a less childish caption, such as "Eating canteloupe". But I think it would be better at Commons with the Commons tag in the article. —JerryFriedman 21:28, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- I think it's a nice contribution to the article. I wish more articles were "interactive" like that. -- Rei 19:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
