St. Vincent Parrot
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| Amazona guildingii (Vigors, 1837) |
The St. Vincent Parrot, Amazona guildingii also known as St. Vincent Amazon is a large, up to 40cm long, multi-colored amazon parrot with a yellowish white, blue and green head, greenish bronze upperparts plumage, grey feet, reddish eye, and violet blue green wings and tail feathers. Both sexes are similar. The young has lighter plumage and brown iris.
The St. Vincent Parrot is endemic to moist hill forests of the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent in the Lesser Antilles. Its diet consists mainly of fruits, nuts, flowers and seeds. The female usually lays one to two eggs.
Due to ongoing habitat loss, very small population size, limited range on one island, trapping for cage bird trade and occasional natural disasters, the St. Vincent Parrot is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix I and II of CITES.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Amazona guildingii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 1 November 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
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