Parrots (Psittacidae)
Puerto Rican Amazon (Amazona vittata) - HBW 4, p. 468
French: Amazone de Porto Rico
German: Puerto-Rico-Amazone
Spanish: Amazona Portorriqueña
Other common names: Puerto Rican Parrot
Taxonomy: Psittacus vittatus Boddaert, 1783, Santo Domingo = Puerto Rico.
Race gracilipes of Culebra I, off Puerto Rico, now extinct. One extant subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- vittata (Boddaert, 1783) - Puerto Rico.
- Critically Endangered Enlarge map
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Pair of wild parrots nesting in the El Yunque Forest. Locality El Yunque, Río Grande, Puerto Rico (ssp vittata)
J. Gonzalez y F. Collazo 23 February 2002 4 years ago 18 sec 4.6 -
three individuals were seen at the entrance of the aviary feeding on hard seeds of a tree Locality Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo, Puerto Rico (ssp vittata)
DAVID ASCANIO 19 April 2011 2 years ago 15 sec 3.6 -
three individuals were seen at the entrance of the aviary feeding on hard seeds of a tree Locality Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo, Puerto Rico (ssp vittata)
DAVID ASCANIO 19 April 2011 2 years ago 13 sec 3.3
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An adult eating Ice Cream Bean.
Locality Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo, Puerto Rico (ssp vittata)
J. Gonzalez y F. Collazo 25 November 2008 3 years ago 4 -
A wild bird in rio Abajo
Locality Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo, Puerto Rico (ssp vittata)
Guy Poisson 29 December 2009 2 years ago 3 -
Two birds on a branch
Locality Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo, Puerto Rico (ssp vittata)
Mikko Pyhälä 2 July 2011 1 year ago 2.5
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An adult singing on a tree branch. Adulto vocalizando desde la rama de un árbol. Locality Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo, Puerto Rico
J. Gonzalez y F. Collazo 20 October 2008 3 years ago 3
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