Just take your time and move slowly. As I have said before, the way to an Amazon's heart is through their stomach. They place a high value on food and will do anything for it. That is one of the things that makes they so easy to train.

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If he were my bird, I would put him on the stand and when he flies to the floor, I would pick him up and put him on the stand again and then ask him to step up. When he flies to the floor I would pick him up again, put him on the stand and ask him to step up. I would continue doing this until he was too exhausted to fly down or at least do this sequence 5-6 times. Then when he would step onto my arm, I would praise him lavishly and give him a treat. I would also have a talk to him and tell him he has to wait for you instead of being in such a hurry. 

Perhaps he feels he can only step up from the floor. Maybe he thinks he is pleasing you by "helping" you take him back to his cage or wherever. Who knows!

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I feel Lilac Crowns are one of the best Amazons for a beginner to have. They truly are great pet birds. It is sad that about three years ago, people couldn't even give away babies from this species. 

What a shame. Many breeders sold their pairs or gave them away because they couldn't afford to keep the babies. Lilac Crowns receive very little publicity so people think they aren't very good birds. These guys are truly gems and I encourage people to breed them whenever possible.

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There are light beak parvipes and also dark beak ones.....at least that was what I have been told and read about in the Amazona Quarterly.

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This is another put out by a German or Dutch Company that uses photographs but they do not show many of the sub species. They do show two for the Blue Front since there is such a drastic difference in coloration and size of these two. One of the things that makes a subspecies is that it will readily produce and mate with others of the same species. If they do not mate in the wild they are considered different species. (This is a very simplified version of the scientific classification so it isn't completely accurate but gives you a good idea of why the subspecies are so mixed.)

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