Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is <50 (2010) and stable.
Status CR
Habitat destruction, hunting for food and pest control, trapping for the cage-bird trade, predation by introduced mammals, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Noisy. A wide variety of squawks and screeches. A bugling flight call.
Puerto Rican Amazon (Amazona vittata) [XC308501]
by Bobby Wilcox from , Puerto Rico (call)
Puerto Rican Amazon (Amazona vittata) [XC713813]
by Michael Hurben from , Puerto Rico (call)
Subspecies
Subspecies gracilipes of Culebra I, off Puerto Rico, now extinct.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
vittata (Boddaert, 1783) - Puerto Rico.
gracilipes! Ridgway, 1915 - Culebra I. Extinct.
Similar Species
Introduced Hispaniolan Amazon (Amazona ventralis) has a white forehead, maroon belly and blue in wing extends on to secondaries. Red-crowned Amazon (Amazona viridigenalis) has more extensive red on crown and red-orange wing-patch, but is very local around the coast and unlikely to occur sympatrically.
References
See References.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet