St. Lucia Amazon

Picture of the St. Lucia Amazon has been licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution.
Original source: originally posted to Flickr as St. Lucia Parrot
Author: Brennan Mulrooney

The St. Lucia Amazon is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

St. Lucia AmazonsUseful Webpages: General Information about Amazon Parrots ... Amazon Species ... Amazon Photo Gallery .... The Diseases of the Amazon Parrots ... Amazon Nutrition / Diet ... Amazon Parrot Incubation Data Books, DVDs and Other Media about Amazons (Sold / shipped out of: USA | Canada | German | UK) Listing of Amazon Breeders - The Saint Lucia Amazon Parrot (Amazona versicolor) is native to the island of St. More

Home > Our Work > Projects: St. Lucia Amazon Education Program Our Work Past Projects - St. Lucia Amazon Education Program 1991, 1992 St. Lucia Amazon The St. Lucia Amazon (Amazona versicolor). has suffered substantial losses due to rapid human expansion and loss of crucial breeding areas over the island of St. Lucia. With a population numbering in the several hundreds the species is losing ground fast. More

Time will tell if the St. Lucia Amazon can survive or if it will join other members of its family which, like America's once-common Carolina Parakeet, have vanished forever. This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood More

Order : Psittaciformes
Family : Psittacidae
Genus : Amazona
Species : versicolor
Authority : (Müller, 1776)
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