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 VU    Hispaniolan Parrot* Id (Atlas):
    Amazona ventralis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Hispaniolan Amazon, Hispaniolan Parrot

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
28 - 31 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Müller, 1776)

Habitat
Wooded habitats, from arid palm-savannah to pine and montane humid forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Dominican Republic (B) (NB), Haiti (B) (NB).

Introduced to Puerto Rico (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).

Hispaniola, occurring in both Haiti and Dominican Republic; also on satellite islands. Introduced to Puerto Rico and Usouthern Virgin Is.
 
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction due to conversion to agriculture and charcoal production, trapping for the cage-bird trade, hunting for food 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.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

 
Hispaniolan Amazon (Amazona ventralis) [XC385187]
     by George Wagner from \, Dominican Republic (call)

 
Hispaniolan Amazon (Amazona ventralis) [XC438071]
     by Barry Edmonston from Rabo de Gato, Independencia, Dominican Republic, Dominican Republic (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala) and Yellow-billed Amazon (Amazona collaria), and all may be conspecific.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Hispaniolan Parrot (Amazona ventralis) - 10 files


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