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Puerto Rican amazon

Amazona vittata (Boddaert, 1783)

CRCritically Endangeredparrots

The puerto rican amazon (Amazona vittata) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 279.3 g to 281 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.

Puerto Rican amazon (Amazona vittata)
Photo: Tom MacKenzie · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the puerto rican amazon

Weight
279.3 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
Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the puerto rican amazon live?

Not recorded

What is the puerto rican amazon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Puerto Rican amazon (Amazona vittata), also known as the Puerto Rican parrot (Spanish: cotorra puertorriqueña) or iguaca (Taíno), is the only extant parrot endemic to Puerto Rico. Measuring 28–30 cm (11.0–11.8 in), the bird is a predominantly green parrot with a red forehead and white rings around the eyes. Belonging to the Neotropical genus Amazona, its closest relatives are believed to be the Cuban amazon (Amazona leucocephala) and the Hispaniolan amazon (Amazona ventralis).

The Puerto Rican amazon reaches sexual maturity at between three and four years of age. It reproduces once a year and is a cavity nester. Once the female lays eggs she will remain in the nest and continuously incubate them until hatching. The chicks are fed by both parents and will fledge 60 to 65 days after hatching. This parrot's diet is varied and consists of flowers, fruits, leaves, bark and nectar obtained from the forest canopy.

The species is the only remaining native parrot to Puerto Rico and has been listed as critically endangered by the World Conservation Union since 1994. Once widespread and abundant, the population declined drastically in the 19th and early 20th centuries with the removal of most of its native habitat; the species has completely vanished from Vieques and Mona Island. Conservation efforts commenced in 1968 to save the bird from extinction.

From the Wikipedia article “Puerto Rican amazon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Puerto_Rican_amazon&oldid=1378895720), 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 puerto rican amazon endangered?

The puerto rican amazon is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely 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

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How is the puerto rican amazon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusAmazona
  7. SpeciesAmazona vittata (Boddaert, 1783)

Synonyms Psittacus vittatus

Other names and names in other languages (55)
  • Puerto Rican AmazonEnglish
  • Puerto Rican AmazonEnglish
  • Puerto Rican AmazonEnglish
  • Puerto Rican parrotEnglish
  • Puerto Rican parrotEnglish
  • Red-fronted AmazonEnglish
  • Red-fronted AmazonEnglish
  • ببغاء بورتوريكوArabic
  • أمازون بورتوريكوArabic
  • Пуерториканска амазонаBulgarian
  • papagai de Puerto RicoCatalan
  • amazoňan portorickýCzech
  • amason Puerto RicoWelsh
  • Puerto Rico-amazoneDanish
  • Puerto-Rico-AmazoneGerman
  • RotstirnamazoneGerman
  • portorika amazonpapagoEsperanto
  • Cotorra PortorriqueñaSpanish
  • Amazona de Puerto RicoSpanish
  • Amazona puertorriqueñaSpanish
  • Cotorra puertorriqueñaSpanish
  • puertoriiko amatsoonpapagoiEstonian
  • طوطی آمازون پورتوریکوPersian
  • puertoriconamatsoniFinnish
  • Amazone de Porto RicoFrench
  • portorička amazonkaCroatian
  • Puerto Ricó-i amazonHungarian
  • Պուերտոռիկյան ամազոնArmenian
  • Kakatua puerto ricoIndonesian
  • Amazona vittataItalian
  • Amazzone di PortoricoItalian
  • アカビタイボウシインコJapanese
  • 푸에르토리코앵무Korean
  • puertorikinė amazonėLithuanian
  • പോർട്ടോ റിക്കൻ തത്തMalayalam
  • Пуэрто-Рико амазонWestern Mari
  • Puertoricaanse AmazoneDutch
  • puertoricoamazonNorwegian
  • amazonka niebieskoskrzydłaPolish
  • پورٹورکی ایمیزنWestern Panjabi
  • Papagaio-de-Porto-RicoPortuguese
  • papagaio-de-porto-rico?Portuguese
  • papagaio-porto-riquenhoPortuguese
  • Пуэрториканский амазонRussian
  • Пуэрто-риканский амазонRussian
  • amazoňan belasokrídlySlovak
  • Portorikanski amazonacSerbian
  • Iguacatnq
  • Porto Riko AmazonuTurkish
  • Porto Riko papağanıTurkish
  • амазон пуерто-риканськийUkrainian
  • Vẹt IguacaVietnamese
  • 波多黎各鸚鵡Chinese
  • 波多黎各亞馬遜鸚哥Chinese
  • 波多黎各鹦哥Chinese

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Relatives of the puerto rican amazon

Other species in the same genus Amazona.

NT, Near Threatened
Cuban amazon (Amazona leucocephala)

Cuban amazon

Amazona leucocephala

Psittacidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the puerto rican amazon?

An adult puerto rican amazon weighs 279.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the puerto rican amazon endangered?

The puerto rican amazon is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the puerto rican amazon?

The puerto rican amazon (Amazona vittata) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Puerto Rican amazon (Amazona vittata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/puerto-rican-amazon

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BibTeX
@misc{puerto_rican_amazon_2026,
  title = {Puerto Rican amazon (Amazona vittata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/puerto-rican-amazon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}