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Status in the Wild

World Population:
350-500

Range: Found on St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles, West Indies.

Habitat:
Found mostly above 300m (984 ft). Occurs in moist mature forest, now restricted mainly to central and southern mountains; less commonly in tall secondary growth forest. Occasionally a visitor to cultivated areas.

Threat Summary:
Habitat loss through human population expansion, selective logging of mature trees reducing nesting sites, hunting, wild bird trade. To a lesser extent, hurricanes.

IUCN Rating:
Vulnerable

Wild Diet:
Includes fruits, flowers. Also bananas following hurricanes and loss of natural food source trees.

CITES Rating:
Appendix I

Ecology:
Stays in forest canopy. Reported in flocks of up to 20 birds. Communal roosting.

Clutch and Egg Size:
1-3 white eggs, 42.0 x 33.0mm (1.6 x 1.3 in).

Breeding Season:
February-August

Project Status (WPT):
WPT provided the first WPT Bus in the Caribbean to travel the island of St. Lucia on educational missions.
See: http://www.parrots.org/index.php/ourwork/pastprojects/pp_stluciaaamazon/

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/stLParrot.html

More Info Sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lucia_Parrot