Puerto Rican Amazon
Amazona vittata(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Puerto Rican Amazon
The Puerto Rican Amazon (Amazona vittata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittacidae (African and New World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
- Scientific name
- Amazona vittata
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Puerto Rican Amazon
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Amazona vittata vittata
- Amazona vittata gracilipes
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus vittatus
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- Santo Domingo, ex Daubenton, pi. 792, = Puerto Rico.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.49
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family African and New World Parrots
Black-billed Amazon
Amazona agilis
White-fronted Amazon
Amazona albifrons
Yucatan Amazon
Amazona xantholora
Yellow-billed Amazon
Amazona collaria
Cuban Amazon
Amazona leucocephala
Hispaniolan Amazon
Amazona ventralis
Mealy Amazon
Amazona farinosa
Kawall's Amazon
Amazona kawalli
Imperial Amazon
Amazona imperialis
Red-tailed Amazon
Amazona brasiliensis
St. Vincent Amazon
Amazona guildingii
Orange-winged Amazon
Amazona amazonica
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