Yellow-billed Amazon

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Yellow-billed Parrot
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Amazona
Species: A. collaria
Binomial name
Amazona collaria
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Yellow-billed Parrot, Amazone De La Jamaïque, Amazone Sasabé, Amazona Jamaicana Piquiclara, or Loro De Jamaica (Amazona collaria) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is endemic to Jamaica.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, plantations , and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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