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The Puerto Rican amazon was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. [3] The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. [4]
The forest is the site of a revitalized parrot population since 1983. The forest is home to wildlife that include endangered species such as the Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus brunnescens), the Puerto Rican boa (Chilabothrus inornatus), and a captive population of critically endangered Puerto Rican parrots (Amazona vittata ...
The Puerto Rican parrot or Puerto Rican Amazon is a little parrot that measures 11.0–11.8 in (28–30 cm). The bird is a predominantly green parrot with a red forehead and white rings around the eyes. The species is the only remaining native parrot in Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rican parrot, an endemic species and one of the 10 most endangered birds in the world. Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae. Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly colored, and some are multi-colored.
The species is the only remaining native parrot in Puerto Rico and one of the ten most endangered bird species in the world. Initially widespread and abundant, the population declined drastically in the 19th and early 20th centuries with the removal of most of its native habitat, also vanishing from nearby Vieques Island and Mona Island ...
With a population of 13 individuals in 1975, the Puerto Rican parrot almost became the seventh, but conservation efforts helped save the species from extinction. However, it is still one of the ten most critically endangered birds in the world.
File:Amazona vitatta.jpg Puerto Rican Parrot, an endemic species and one of the 10 most endangered birds in the world. ... (American) population of the African ...
Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands [33] Puerto Rican amazon (Amazona vittata) 28–30 cm (11–12 in) long, mostly green, red forehead, white eye rings. [34] Puerto Rico [35] Lilac-crowned amazon (Amazona finschi) 30.5–34.5 cm (12–14 in) long, mostly green, maroon forehead, violet-blue crown. [36]