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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]
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 Puerto Rican parrot is the only remaining native parrot in Puerto Rico and, as its current population is currently estimated at 58-80 and around 300 in captivity, is one of the 10 most critically-endangered species in the world.
Amazon parrots range in size from medium to large, and have relatively short, rather square tails. ... Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands [33] Puerto Rican amazon ...
Elfin-woods warbler Puerto Rican parrot Puerto Rican owl, an endemic species found in the western municipality of Aguada. Yellow-shouldered blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus) Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata) Green mango (Anthracothorax viridis) Puerto Rican nightjar (Caprimulgus noctitherus) Puerto Rican emerald (Chlorostilbon maugeaus)
Pages in category "Endemic birds of Puerto Rico" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... Puerto Rican amazon; Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk;
The way I would go aroun this is to refer to the Puerto Rican avifauna, and use a sentence like: "Five species are found on Peurto Rico", or "Five species are found on Peurto Rican avifauna". For native (non-endemic) species, I personally think the common language is to refer to them as Puerto Rican species, and I have no big problem with that.
Amazon parrots are parrots in the genus Amazona. They are medium-sized, short-tailed parrots native to the Americas, with their range extending from South America to Mexico and the Caribbean. Amazona is one of the 92 genera of parrots that make up the order Psittaciformes and is in the family Psittacidae, one of three families of true parrots ...