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Help for St. Vincent Amazon

The St. Vincent Amazon has been historically threatened by hunting, capture for the wild-bird trade and habitat loss. Charcoal production, banana plantations and the felling of key nesting trees in the search for nestlings by poachers has reduced the population to about 800 individuals.

WPT has supported the St. Vincent Amazon by providing veterinary help and skills, funds to carry out much needed surveys of populations and habitat, and aviary construction for captive breeding populations. Also the Trust has produced a very successful series of educational buses in Central America, one of those for the island of St. Vincent.

To learn more about our efforts to save this species:

• PsittaScene Volume 13, Number 2; May 2001; page 17
• PsittaScene Volume 12, Number 2; May 2000; page 13
• PsittaScene Volume 6, Number 3; August 1994; pages 12-14
• PsittaScene Volume 6, Number 1; February 1994; pages 10-11
• PsittaScene Volume 2, Number 3; August 1990; pages 1-4

To help save this parrot please:

Or Contact Us to learn more about how you can help.