CreatureData

Black-billed amazon

Amazona agilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

ENEndangeredparrots

The black-billed amazon (Amazona agilis) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 211.5 g to 213 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Black-billed amazon (Amazona agilis)
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black-billed amazon

Weight
213 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.8 – 2.9src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black-billed amazon live?

Not recorded

What is the black-billed amazon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-billed amazon (Amazona agilis) is a parrot endemic to Jamaica. Sometimes called the black-billed parrot, this amazon parrot is mostly green with small patches of red on the wing and sometimes flecked on the head. Its bill makes it easy to separate from most other amazons, including the yellow-billed amazon, which also lives in Jamaica. It is the smallest Amazona parrot at 25 cm (10 in).

From the Wikipedia article “Black-billed amazon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-billed_amazon&oldid=1351236969), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black-billed amazon endangered?

The black-billed amazon is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species.

How is the black-billed amazon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusAmazona
  7. SpeciesAmazona agilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Psittacus agilis

Other names and names in other languages (47)
  • Black-billed AmazonEnglish
  • Black-billed AmazonEnglish
  • Black-billed AmazonEnglish
  • Black-billed parrotEnglish
  • Black-billed parrotEnglish
  • ببغاء أسود المنقارArabic
  • أمازون أسود المنقارArabic
  • Amazon beg duBreton
  • papagai jamaicà becfoscCatalan
  • amazoňan černozobýCzech
  • amason pigdduWelsh
  • Sortnæbbet AmazoneDanish
  • RotspiegelamazoneGerman
  • nigrabeka amazonpapagoEsperanto
  • Amazonico ActivoSpanish
  • Amazona de Pico NegroSpanish
  • Amazona jamaicana piquioscuraSpanish
  • Amazonico JamaicaSpanish
  • Amazonico Todo VerdeSpanish
  • Loro de pico negro de JamaicaSpanish
  • mustnokk-amatsoonpapagoiEstonian
  • mustanokka-amatsoniFinnish
  • Amazone verteFrench
  • crnokljuna amazonkaCroatian
  • feketecsőrű amazonHungarian
  • pirostükrös amazonHungarian
  • Ճամայական սևակտուց ամազոնArmenian
  • Amazzone becconeroItalian
  • ハシグロボウシインコJapanese
  • BlackbillJamaican Creole English
  • juodasnapė amazonėLithuanian
  • Jamaica-amazoneDutch
  • Jamaicaanse AmazoneDutch
  • dvergamazonNorwegian
  • amazonka małaPolish
  • papagaio-de-bico-pretoPortuguese
  • papagaio-de-bico-escuroPortuguese
  • Черноклювый амазонRussian
  • Ямайский черноклювый амазонRussian
  • amazoňan červenokrídlySlovak
  • Crnokljuni amazonacSerbian
  • svartnäbbad amazonSwedish
  • Kara Gagalı AmazonTurkish
  • амазон ямайськийUkrainian
  • Чорнодзьобий ямайський амазонUkrainian
  • 黑嘴鹦哥Chinese
  • 黑嘴亞馬遜鸚哥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the black-billed amazon

Other species in the same genus Amazona.

NT, Near Threatened
Cuban amazon (Amazona leucocephala)

Cuban amazon

Amazona leucocephala

Psittacidae

CompareBlack-billed amazon vs Puerto Rican amazonBlack-billed amazon vs Imperial amazonBlack-billed amazon vs Cuban amazonBlack-billed amazon vs Saint Vincent amazon

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black-billed amazon?

An adult black-billed amazon weighs 213 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black-billed amazon endangered?

The black-billed amazon is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the black-billed amazon?

The black-billed amazon (Amazona agilis) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black-billed amazon (Amazona agilis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-billed-amazon

MLA

“Black-billed amazon (Amazona agilis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-billed-amazon.

BibTeX
@misc{black_billed_amazon_2026,
  title = {Black-billed amazon (Amazona agilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-billed-amazon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}