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Saint Lucia amazon

Amazona versicolor (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

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The saint lucia amazon (Amazona versicolor) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 676 g to 714.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Saint Lucia amazon (Amazona versicolor)
Photo: Brennan Mulrooney · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the saint lucia amazon

Weight
676 g – 714.2 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
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the saint lucia amazon live?

Not recorded

What is the saint lucia amazon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Saint Lucia amazon (Amazona versicolor), also known as the St. Lucia amazon and St. Lucia parrot, is a vulnerable species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is endemic to Saint Lucia in the Lesser Antilles and is the country's national bird.

From the Wikipedia article “Saint Lucia amazon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Lucia_amazon&oldid=1380565874), 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 saint lucia amazon endangered?

The saint lucia amazon is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a 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 Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the saint lucia amazon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusAmazona
  7. SpeciesAmazona versicolor (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Synonyms Psittacus versicolor

Other names and names in other languages (51)
  • Saint Lucia AmazonEnglish
  • Saint Lucia AmazonEnglish
  • Saint Lucia parrotEnglish
  • Saint Lucia parrotEnglish
  • St Lucia AmazonEnglish
  • St Lucia AmazonEnglish
  • St. Lucia AmazonEnglish
  • St. Lucia AmazonEnglish
  • St. Lucia parrotEnglish
  • St. Lucia parrotEnglish
  • ببغاء سانت لوسياArabic
  • أمازون سانت لوسياArabic
  • Сентлусийска амазонаBulgarian
  • Amazona de Saint LuciaCatalan
  • papagai de l'illa de Saint LuciaCatalan
  • amazoňan mnohobarvýCzech
  • amason St LuciaWelsh
  • Skt. Lucia-amazoneDanish
  • Saint Lucia-amazoneDanish
  • BlaumaskenamazoneGerman
  • BlaustirnamazoneGerman
  • Saint-Lucia-AmazoneGerman
  • sanktalucia amazonpapagoEsperanto
  • Amazona de Santa LucíaSpanish
  • saint lucia amatsoonpapagoiEstonian
  • آمازون سنت لوسیاPersian
  • saintlucianamatsoniFinnish
  • Amazone de Sainte-LucieFrench
  • kestenjastoprsa amazonkaCroatian
  • kékmaszkos amazonHungarian
  • Կապտերես ամազոնArmenian
  • Amazzone di Saint LuciaItalian
  • イロマジリボウシインコJapanese
  • mėlynveidė amazonėLithuanian
  • Sentlūsijas amazoneLatvian
  • Симсӹ вуян амазонWestern Mari
  • Saintluciaamazon (St. Luciaamazon)Norwegian Bokmål
  • Sint-Lucia-amazoneDutch
  • saintluciaamazonNorwegian
  • amazonka modrogłowaPolish
  • سینٹ لوسیا ایمیزنWestern Panjabi
  • papagaio-de-santa-lúciaPortuguese
  • Синелицый амазонRussian
  • Разноцветный амазонRussian
  • amazoňan pestrýSlovak
  • Amazonac sa ostrva Santa LucijaSerbian
  • Saint Lucia AmazonuTurkish
  • амазон санта-лусійськийUkrainian
  • 圣卢西亚鹦哥Chinese
  • 聖盧西亞亞馬遜鸚鵡Chinese
  • 聖露西亞亞馬遜鸚哥Chinese

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Relatives of the saint lucia 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 saint lucia amazon?

An adult saint lucia amazon weighs 676 g – 714.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the saint lucia amazon endangered?

The saint lucia amazon is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the saint lucia amazon?

The saint lucia amazon (Amazona versicolor) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{saint_lucia_amazon_2026,
  title = {Saint Lucia amazon (Amazona versicolor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/saint-lucia-amazon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}