Cuban Parrot (Amazona leucocephala)

Other Names (World)
Cuban Amazon, Cuban Parrot, White-headed Amazon, White-headed Parrot

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
28 - 33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Different habitats depending on location. In Cuba dense woodland, in the Bahamas, native broadleaf and pine woodlands, and in the Cayman Islands (to UK), dry forest on the ridge-top plateau and nearby agricultural land. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Bahamas (B) (NB), Cayman Islands (B) (NB), Cuba (B) (NB).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation due to housing development and trapping for cage-bird trade are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Very noisy. A wide variety of squawks and screeches with variation between populations.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala) [XC209466]
by Hans Matheve from Playa Larga, Matanzas, Cuba (call)

Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala) [XC331777]
by Andrew Spencer from The Y, South Abaco, Bahamas (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Yellow-billed Amazon (Amazona collaria) and Hispaniolan Amazon (Amazona ventralis), and all may be conspecific. Birds of I of Pines formerly awarded subspecies palmarum.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

bahamensis (Bryant, H, 1867) - Bahamas, on Great Inagua and Abaco.
leucocephala (Linnaeus, 1758) - Cuba and I of Pines.
caymanensis (Cory, 1886) - Grand Cayman I.
hesterna Bangs, 1916 - Cayman Brac and formerly Little Cayman.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Cuban Parrot (Amazona leucocephala) - 10 files

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