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The Culebra Island amazon (Amazona vittata gracilipes), [1] also known as the Culebran parrot or the Culebran red-fronted amazon, is an extinct subspecies of the Puerto Rican amazon that was native to Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. [2]
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 Puerto Rican parakeet was a very gregarious bird, noted for its loud, continuous calling. While the bird was normally cautious, avoiding contact with humans, this lessened while feeding. As the bird often fed in farmers' fields on crops such as maize, this contributed to its widespread hunting. [2]
The neotropical parrots or New World parrots comprise about 150 species in 32 genera found throughout South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean islands and the southern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Among them are some of the most familiar and iconic parrots, including the blue and gold macaw , sun conure , and yellow-headed amazon .
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.
Mona used to be home to the Puerto Rican amazon (Amazona vittata), now only found in small communities in the main island of Puerto Rico, [24] and the Puerto Rican parakeet (Psittacara maugei), [25] an extinct species of parrot that was found in the island until its extinction during the first half of the 20th century. [26]
In 2021, the agency seemed ready to declare the so-called Lord God Bird extinct: The US Fish and Wildlife Service announced plans to remove 23 species, including the ivory-billed woodpecker, from ...
Puerto Rican barn owl; Puerto Rican crow; Puerto Rican parakeet; Puerto Rican quail-dove; S. St. Croix macaw; Scolopax anthonyi; ... Category: Extinct birds of the ...