Female Napes and Coloring

[Merlee]

How much yellow will a female nape get? I just saw a video of henpecked's beautiful male and was wondering what can I look forward to seeing as my female gets older.

 

[weco]

You could do a google search of yellow-nape Amazon images.....that should give you enough coloring possibilities to occupy you for a while.....

 

[JerseyWendy]

Each Nape is different as to how yellow they'll be. FWIW, Richard's Jakie is a FEMALE She is THE most stunning YN I have ever seen. (I hope my Hunter can forgive me for saying this...good thing she can't read :54

Some Napes develop extensive yellow, while others may ony get a few disparsed yellow feathers in their neck.

As babies (not when naked, lol), most have no yellow at all, but even then there can be exceptions.

 

[JerseyWendy]

You could do a google search of yellow-nape Amazon images.....that should give you enough coloring possibilities to occupy you for a while.....

Not for nothing, and excuse me if this sounds rude, but your answer can quite easily be applied to many questions that are asked.

We're here to help each other, afterall.

 

[WharfRat]

google be misleading on things like that

 

[Merlee]

I did search on Google before starting this thread and looked at the images. In fact I do Google a lot of questions before posting. Unfortunately, I am not always satisfied with the answers found. If using Google gave me all the answers, then I wouldn't need to belong to any bird forums.

Anyway, I didn't see any pictures that was close to looking like henpecked's bird. Also the images did not give ages to correspond with the amount of color as the bird matured.

My bird has yellow on the nape, but not like henpecked. I am aware that there are different species of yellow napes so maybe that explains the difference.

 

[JerseyWendy]

Richard told me that his Jakie has gotten yellowER with age.

My Hunter is almost 14, and I can literally count her yellow feathers in her neck. She is a mix between Amazona a. auropalliata + Amazona a. parvipes

 

[Merlee]

Richard told me that his Jakie has gotten yellowER with age.

My Hunter is almost 14, and I can literally count her yellow feathers in her neck. She is a mix between Amazona a. auropalliata + Amazona a. parvipes

Ok, I went and googled both species given and looked at the pictures. I couldn't detect a difference from looking at the pictures.

 

[JerseyWendy]

Here are some links for you:

Please remember though, not all Napes will get the same amount of yellow coloring on their neck.

Yellow-naped Amazon, Amazona auropalliata, Golden Yellow-naped Amazon

Yellow-naped Amazon Parrots, Amazona auropalliata

The parvipes has some red feathers in the bend of the wing, while the auropalliata does not. Also, the beak of the auropalliata is pitch black, while the parvipes upper beak isn't.

 

[Merlee]

I noticed the red on the wings, but am confused with the beaks. From what I see on the beaks, they both have black and beige coloring. I am confused.

What does yours look like?

Edit: My Judy has no red on the wings so she is an auropalliata. Cool.

 

[JerseyWendy]

Here is a video of Hunter.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LAvg_Xj_7I"]Hunter singing Jiggly Puff (plus then some) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[henpecked]

The problem is that when people post pics the age is not included.They do "yellow " with age. Like we grey with age.I guess i'm just proud to have kept a zon alive as long has i've had. We have learned so much about companion parrots lately that the ageing process is really quite fascinating , to me anyway.BTW parvipes rock.

 

[Merlee]

She is a mix between Amazona a. auropalliata + Amazona a. parvipes

I watched the video and I am wondering how does one know that a JerseyWendy's bird is a cross? I am not an expert on birds so I am trying to learn how to identify one species from another. Until this thread, I thought all yellow napes were the same. I learned something new. Thanks.

 

[JerseyWendy]

She is a mix between Amazona a. auropalliata + Amazona a. parvipes

I watched the video and I am wondering how does one know that a JerseyWendy's bird is a cross? I am not an expert on birds so I am trying to learn how to identify one species from another. Until this thread, I thought all yellow napes were the same. I learned something new. Thanks.

I bought Hunter from a breeder. Hunter's parents were WC Amazons, and the mother was identified as parvipes and the father as auropalliata.

 

[henpecked]

Yes that's the topic of this thread. Color can differre with the different sub-species.Parvipes will "yellow" more than other subspecies. but they need to grow to more than a mature species.Something that is only occurring in long lived companion parrots.Aren't we so lucky ? Aren't i'm so lucky???? Our companions can live longer than native birds, (wild birds). What a blessing. PS BTW henpecked and Jake are just your average every day Zon and owner. We've just been at it a while. You could be lucky and happy like us.

 

[Merlee]

What's interesting is that I have not seen pictures of birds that are over 30 on CL or on any bird forum.

 

[WharfRat]

ok, here's some Zon pic's that I took personally at my breeder's aviary Get ready for beyond awesome (to me anyway)

 

[WharfRat]

and, she has YNA's, DYH's. Magna's and Tres Marie's..........to have a Magna or Tres Marie..............DROOL!!!!!!!!!!!!