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Status in the Wild

World Population:
800

Range: Restricted to the island of St. Vincent in the Lesser Antilles, West Indes.

Habitat:
Inhabits mature moist forest from 125 to 1000m (410-3280 ft); occasionally visits cultivated areas and gardens.

Threat Summary:
Hunting for food, trapping for live bird trade and loss of habitat due to forestry and banana cultivation; to a lesser extent volcanoes and hurricanes.

IUCN Rating:
Vulnerable

Wild Diet:
The flowers, nuts, fruits and seeds of many plants such as Ficus, Clusia and Cecropia among many others.

CITES Rating:
Appendix I

Ecology:
Gregarious and usually in flocks of 20 to 30 birds; otherwise in pairs; birds will defend area around nest while breeding but will allow flocks of a dozen birds to be in the same area while feeding and roosting.

Clutch and Egg Size:
2, sometimes 3 eggs, 46.5 x 39.0 mm (1.8 x 1.5 in).

Breeding Season:
February, eggs laid April or May.

Project Status (WPT):
The WPT has provided veterinary help and funds to carry out surveys and build aviaries.
See: http://www.parrots.org/index.php/ourwork/stvincentamazon/

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.fsvaf.org/

http://www.zoonews.ws/IZN/312/IZN-312.htm

More Info Sites:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0006DF41-A667-1C75-9B81809EC588EF21

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Vincent_Amazon

http://www.houstonzoo.org/en/photos/albums/v/31

http://www.surfbirds.com/sbirdsnews/archives/2004/12/cross_country_r.html

http://www.jstor.org/pss/2845720