Puerto Rican Amazon

Amazona vittata

IUCN: Critically Endangered

Taxonomy

Order
Psittaciformes
Family
Psittacidae
Genus
Amazona
eBird Code
purpar1

Vocalizations

Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (2)

  • Amazona vittata gracilipes

    formerly Isla de Culebra (just off eastern Puerto Rico); extinct

  • Amazona vittata vittata

    formerly widespread in Puerto Rico; after nearing extinction, a small wild population survives in El Yunque (northeastern Puerto Rico), with reintroductions in Maricao and Río Abajo (southwestern and west-central Puerto Rico)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.