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Puerto Rican Amazon  (Amazona vittata)

Also Known As: Puerto Rican Parrot, Red-fronted Amazon
 
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Puerto Rican Amazon Male

Credit: © Marie Stafford
 
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Hurricanes are a major threat to the Puerto Rican Amazon and many other Central American parrot species.

Status in the Wild
World Population:
60 in wild, about 235 (2009) in captive breeding programme, for a total of 295.

Range: Puerto Rico and formerly neighbouring islands of Mona and Culebra; possibly Vieques and St. Thomas.

Habitat:
Formerly found in all vegetation types from mangrove to montane forest with the exception of dry forest in south of Puerto Rico. Reminant population found in moist montane forest between 200-600m (656-1968 ft).

Threat Summary:
Mainly habitat loss; also hunting, wild bird trade and hurricanes. Remaining habitat protected within Caribbean National Forest.

IUCN Rating:
Critically endangered

Wild Diet:
Eats seeds, fruits, flowers and leaves.

CITES Rating:
Appendix I

Ecology:
Found generally in pairs. Aggressively territorial when breeding. Formerly found in large flocks.

Clutch and Egg Size:
2 to 4, 35.5 x 28.5mm (1.4 x 1.1 in).

Breeding Season:
February-April.

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.fws.gov/southeast/prparrot/

http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v108n01/p0159-p0163.pdf

http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/JFO/v063n04/p0466-p0472.pdf

More Info Sites:
http://www.arkive.org/puerto-rican-amazon/amazona-vittata/

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

http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/ivcvm/1998/quist/index.php