Puerto Rican Amazon Amazona vittata

hrgerena

This is a very sad story. This is the Puerto Rican Amazon Amazona vittata, The Puertorican Parrot or IGUACA as our native Tainos called. As of 2010 there are about 60 living in the wildlife and about 200 in captivity.

"This species has (at least temporarily) been saved from extinction. Conservation action has increased the population since 1975, but it is still Critically Endangered because numbers remain tiny."

If you want to read more about it here is a link; <!-- m -->http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/specie ... hp?id=1666<!-- m -->

I took this picture yesterday at the Puerto Rico Mayaguez Zoo.


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Dennis Kaczor

Nice capture and love the background. Also thanks for the story behind this bird, very interesting and yet sad.

Harryb

Very good capture and thanks for the info.

Pacificklaus

Nice picture, thank you for sharing. Always sad to hear about yet another species in trouble.

PGM

What a beautiful bird! Hope the species recovers. Thanks for posting. Best, Pam