Yellow crowned or blue fronted?

[Breeze]

I know every bird is different with personality and size. But is there a very big difference between the yellow crowned amazon and blue fronted amazon, personality and size wise? Or even a generalisation with each mutation on personality?

 

[SailBoat]

I cannot stress how important it is to allow an Amazon to choose you. We have never been in a position to in fact do this, but over the years have seen the results as friends and others having taken this advise and enjoyed the results.

Although they share much, they are also very different in other regards. What is inspiring your selection of this pair of Amazons?

 

[Mitchan]

As for size I don't believe there's a significant difference between the two species other than individual differences - I have both and they're about the exact same size. Donnie (YC) is a few grams heavier even though he still barely has any breast muscles due to never flying before I adopted him, but as for overall size there's no noticeable difference.
Here's a couple of size comparison photos of my two:
https://78.media.tumblr.com/fe047f79bb29c0185a96eed33a0c353b/tumblr_p9sf8gDx4K1sppe1to3_1280.jpg
https://78.media.tumblr.com/cd8bc26397b2a6f2bb3052fb9923ca7e/tumblr_pa8c2dQ7Mb1sppe1to1_1280.jpg
https://78.media.tumblr.com/0d254d9d0b9b518fc6156b5c49fe8520/tumblr_pbyz8bk8Xc1sppe1to1_640.jpg


I also don't believe there's a noticeable difference in personality as far as species generalizations go - as far as I know they're very similar behaviorally. As for my two, Drogon's very rowdy and high energy while Donnie is a lot calmer but a bit grumpy at times. That's likely due to their age difference though, Drogon being just over a year old and Donnie 18.

 

[Breeze]

I cannot stress how important it is to allow an Amazon to choose you. We have never been in a position to in fact do this, but over the years have seen the results as friends and others having taken this advise and enjoyed the results.

Although they share much, they are also very different in other regards. What is inspiring your selection of this pair of Amazons?

I have heard very good things about these pair of amazons and i adore the colours on each. But both of theses are available in my area

 

[maverickbull]

As for size I don't believe there's a significant difference between the two species other than individual differences - I have both and they're about the exact same size. Donnie (YC) is a few grams heavier even though he still barely has any breast muscles due to never flying before I adopted him, but as for overall size there's no noticeable difference.
Here's a couple of size comparison photos of my two:
https://78.media.tumblr.com/fe047f79bb29c0185a96eed33a0c353b/tumblr_p9sf8gDx4K1sppe1to3_1280.jpg
https://78.media.tumblr.com/cd8bc26397b2a6f2bb3052fb9923ca7e/tumblr_pa8c2dQ7Mb1sppe1to1_1280.jpg
https://78.media.tumblr.com/0d254d9d0b9b518fc6156b5c49fe8520/tumblr_pbyz8bk8Xc1sppe1to1_640.jpg


I also don't believe there's a noticeable difference in personality as far as species generalizations go - as far as I know they're very similar behaviorally. As for my two, Drogon's very rowdy and high energy while Donnie is a lot calmer but a bit grumpy at times. That's likely due to their age difference though, Drogon being just over a year old and Donnie 18.

Oh... They look so adorable.


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[EllenD]

Though I have never personally owned any species of Amazon, I have worked at an Avian and Reptile Rescue for 8 years now, and worked with many, many different Amazon species, from the smallest to the largest, and what you need to really understand and take to heart is basically what Sailboat said to you in the very first reply: You need to allow whatever parrot you bring home, regardless of species, to choose you...

I cannot stress enough to you how each and every individual bird is completely different than the next, very much in the way that human-beings are. I would not even dare to make ANY broad generalizations about the differences in personalities between a BFA and a YCA, as it's so difficult, almost impossible to generalize their personalities at all. The minute that someone tells you that "A BFA's personality is like this..." or "A YCA's personality is like this...", and then you adopt one and bring it home, i can guarantee you that the bird you bring home will be nothing at all like what was described to you...

***The advantage that you gain when you adopt an adult parrot is that you get to spend a lot of time with the bird, and you actually get to see what their personality is like, what their behavior is like, and most-importantly you get to see whether or not each individual parrot you are spending time with connects with you personally, or "chooses" you. You can't really do this when you bring home a very young baby parrot from a breeder...

So the best advice that anyone can give you is to not worry about what the "general personality" of a certain Amazon species, or any species of parrot is like, and to certainly not make ANY decisions about what bird to adopt based on these types of generalizations. Instead, when deciding what parrot it is that you adopt, you should keep a totally open-mind about what particular species it is that you want to adopt, and just go and spend a good amount of time with each individual parrot that is available to you for adoption...And then you should not only see what individual bird you connect with, but more-importantly what bird CHOOSES YOU. And if that bird doesn't happen to be an Amazon species that you had considered prior to meeting the bird, keep an open-mind to that, because the species isn't what is most important when choosing a bird to adopt as a companion/family member. What is most important is the bond that the bird is going to have with you, and vice-versa.

 

[Anita1250]

When I got my baby BFA 35 years ago, he was the only chick in the nest box that didn't bite me when I put my hand in. I took him home and we have had so many years of happy interactions. I guess he did choose me all those years ago. I am really glad he did!

 

[Boki]

All I can say that my male Blue Front is really aggressive and I have read elsewhere that the male BF are the most aggressive of the Amazons. But your BF looks pretty mellow.