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Black-billed Amazon (Amazona agilis)
Also Known As: Black-billed Parrot, All-green Amazon, Active Amazon
Black-billed Amazon
Credit: © World Parrot Trust
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Did You Know?
The courtship display of the Black-billed Amazon is unlike that of other amazons - the male charges at the female and sways from side to side with a stiff-legged awkward motion, sometimes jumping over the female.
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Not AvailableStatus in the Wild
World Population:10,000-20,000
Range: Found in Jamaica, West Indies.
Habitat:
Found between 300-1200m (984-3936 ft) in wet limestone forest; also found in agricultural plots in forest and cultivated areas at forest edge.
Threat Summary:
Increased cultivation for agriculture, logging and possibly mining have resulted in much reduced habitat. This species is also trapped as a food source locally. There is also predation by yellow boas. Trapping for the wild bird trade appears to not have had much effect.
IUCN Rating:
Vulnerable
Wild Diet:
Feeds on seeds, fruits, berries, leaf buds and blossoms; also ripe plantain Musa, Cecropia, Ficus, Nectandra, Bryophyllum, Blighia sapida and Melia azedarach.
CITES Rating:
Appendix II
Ecology:
Found in flocks of 6-40 individuals or more. Roosts communally, rising at sunrise with much noise and high-flying. Feeds in middle to upper storeys of canopy. Resident, with local wandering according to food availability.
Clutch and Egg Size:
2-3 eggs
Breeding Season:
Courtship late January-February; nesting March-May.
Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.cockpitcountry.com/JPP.html
http://www.cockpitcountry.com/jppreport.html
More Info Sites:
http://www.mona.uwi.edu/lifesciences/Projects/parrot.htm
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