Past Projects

Cuban Amazon Research

The Cayman Brac Amazon (Amazona leucocephala hesterna) and Bahamas Amazon (Amazona leucocephala bahamensis) are both subspecies of the Cuban Amazon. Both races are facing similar threats on the islands where they originate: deforestation, threat of hurricanes and fires and recent road construction and development.

Beginning in the 1990s several studies were begun on the two subspecies, noting population numbers, assessing threats, and gathering ecological and behavioural information crucial to their conservation. The WPT aided the efforts of Dr. James Wiley, Mark Stafford and others by soliciting members for donations of much needed items, such as 4x4 vehicles, and others.

To learn more about our efforts to help this species:

• PsittaScene Volume 16, Number 4; November 2004; pages 2-5
• PsittaScene Volume 12, Number 2; May 2000; page 14
• PsittaScene Volume 10, Number 4; November 1998; page 18
• PsittaScene Volume 9, Number 2; May 1997; page 13
• PsittaScene Volume 8, Number 4; November 1996; page 10

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