- Imperial Amazon
Taxobox
name = Imperial Amazon
status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = up
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Psittaciformes
familia =Psittacidae
subfamilia =Psittacinae
genus = "Amazona "
species = "A. imperialis"
binomial = "Amazona imperialis"
binomial_authority = Richmond, 1899The Imperial Amazon, "Amazona imperialis" also known as the Imperial Parrot or Sisserou Parrot is a green and purple plumageamazon parrot . The largest member in the genus "Amazona ", it measures up to 51cm in body length when fully grown, the largest of all Amazon birds. The Imperial Parrot has a green back, purple neck, green-tipped red tail and purple below. Both sexes are similar and nest in hollow trees.The Imperial Amazon is endemic to mountain forests of the
Caribbean island nation ofDominica in theLesser Antilles , where it is the national bird and is featured on the Dominican flag as it is the nation's national bird. Its diet consists mainly of fruits and seeds.Due to a very small population, ongoing habitat loss, trapping for the cage bird trade and occasional hurricane related damages, the Imperial Amazon has an
Endangered status on theIUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix I and II ofCITES .References
* Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered
External links
* ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/birds/Amazona_imperialis/ images and movies of the Imperial Parrot "(Amazona imperialis)"]
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1690&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=1056 IUCN Red List] there are only 80-120 left.
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