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Status in the Wild

World Population:
Around 10,000

Range:
A.l. leucocephala: E and C Cuba.
A.l. palmarum: Isla de la Juventud and W Cuba, east to Villa Clara province.
A.l. caymanensis: Grand Cayman Island.
A.l. hesterna: Cayman Brac and formerly Little Cayman Islands.
A.l. bahamensis: Great Inagua and Abaco, in Bahama Islands; formerly on other islands in Bahamas.


Habitat:
Occurs in pine forest, broadleaved woodland, palm groves, mangroves, plantations, cultivated land with trees and gardens. Up to 1000m (3280 ft).

Threat Summary:
Habitat loss severe; trapping for wild bird trade, hurricane damage to nesting trees, loss of nesting trees due to damage inflicted while collecting chicks.

IUCN Rating:
Near-threatened

Wild Diet:
Includes leaf buds, cones, tender shoots, fruit and seeds. Sometimes cultivated crops.

CITES Rating:
Appendix I

Ecology:
Generally found in small groups while foraging; bigger groups where food is abundant. In pairs for breeding. Roosts communally.

Clutch and Egg Size:
3 to 5, rounded eggs, 35 x 28mm (1.3 x 1.1 in)

Breeding Season:
March-mid summer.

Project Status (WPT):
WPT has aided the efforts of a number of scientists by soliciting members for donations of equipment for field studies.
See: http://www.parrots.org/index.php/ourwork/pp_cubanamazon/

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.friendsoftheenvironment.org/bahamaparrotrese.html

http://www.llu.edu/llu/grad/natsci/hayes/research-j-taxon-bah-birds.html#cuban

http://www.parks.it/world/CU/pn.Cienaga.de.Zapata/Enov.html

More Info Sites:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Publications/Birdscope/winter2005/Cuba.html

http://www.nationaltrust.org.ky/info/parrots.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Amazon