An Amazon parrot is a large parrot of the genus Amazona and is native to Latin America ranging from South America to Mexico and the Caribbean. 

Most amazons are predominantly green; although the accenting colors can often be quite vivid and vary depend on the species. Amazons, like all parrots, are zygodactyl, having 4 toes on each foot - two front and two back. They feed primarily on nuts and fruits, supplemented by leafy matter. 

Several Amazon species are commonly kept as companion animals, including the Yellow-headed Parrot, Yellow-naped Parrot, and Blue-fronted Parrot. 

Amazons are usually known for their exceptional vocal abilities, playfulness, and dexterity with their feet. However, some amazons are known to be aggressive and they all require attention when kept as pets. In particular, since Amazons are cavity nesters in the wild, their desire to chew wood is strong, and they need to be provided with destructible toys to satisfy this innate urge. 

The Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata) is an Amazon parrot now more usually considered to be a subspecies of Yellow-crowned Parrot, Amazona ochrocephala. 

It is found along the Pacific coast from southern Mexico south to northern Costa Rica. It is distinguished by its green forehead and crown and a yellow band across the lower nape and hind neck. The bill is dark grey and is paler towards the base of the upper mandible. 

In common with many parrot species, it feeds on nuts, berries, seeds, and fruit. This parrot is easily taught to talk and is therefore popular in the pet trade and many birds are supplied from nestlings caught in the wild. 

Deforestation is reducing the number of these parrots in the wild together with illegal removal of young for the pet trade. 

The Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva), also called the Turquoise-fronted Amazon and Blue-fronted Parrot, is a species of a parrot and one of the most common parrots kept in captivity as a pet. Its name derives from the distinctive blue marking over its beak. The range of the Blue-fronted Amazon extends over Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina. Their talking ability is ranked third among birds when compared to African Grey Parrots or Yellow-naped Parrots. Males tend to be slightly more aggressive. 

The Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna), also known as blue-and-gold macaw, is a member of the macaw group of parrots which breeds in the swampy forests of tropical South America from Panama south to Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. It is probably now extinct on Trinidad. 

They 76-84 cm long and weigh 1100 g and are vivid in appearance with blue wings and tail, golden under parts and a green cap on the head. Their beaks are jet black and very strong for crushing nuts. 

Although popular as pets because of their striking appearance and ability to talk , they can require more effort, and more knowledge, from owners than more traditional pets such as dogs or cats. They are intelligent and loving so make good companion animals. 

The Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) is a large, colorful parrot. It is native to humid evergreen forests in the American tropics, from extreme eastern Mexico locally to Amazonian Peru and Brazil, in lowlands up to 500 meters (at least formerly up to 1000m). These pictures were taken in Belize. It has been widely extirpated by habitat destruction and capture for the pet trade. Formerly it ranged north to southern Tamaulipas. 

It is about 81 to 96 cm (32 to 36 inches) long, of which more than half is the pointed, graduated tail typical of macaws. Average weight is about a kilogram (2 to 2.5 pounds). The plumage is mostly scarlet, but the rump and tail-covert feathers are light blue, the greater upperwing coverts are yellow, the upper sides of the flight feathers of the wings are dark blue as are the ends of the tail feathers, and the undersides of the wing and tail flight feathers are dark red with metallic gold iridescence. There is bare white skin around the eye and from there to the bill. The upper mandible is pale horn in color and the lower is dark. Sexes are alike; the only difference between ages is that young birds have dark eyes, and adults have light yellow eyes. 

Scarlet Macaws make loud, low-pitched, throaty squawks and screams. 

Wild Scarlet Macaws eat mostly fruits and seeds, including large, hard seeds. A typical sighting is of a single bird or a pair flying above the forest canopy, though in some areas flocks can be seen. They may gather at clay licks. 

Like most parrots, the Scarlet Macaw lays 2 to 4 white eggs in a tree cavity. The young hatch after 24 to 25 days. They fledge about 105 days later and leave their parents as late as a year.