Culebra Island amazon explained

The Culebra Island amazon (Amazona vittata gracilipes),[1] also known as the Culebran Parrot, or the Culebran red-fronted amazon, is an extinct subspecies of the Puerto Rican amazon that was native to Culebra Island, Puerto Rico.[2] The last record of the subspecies was in 1912, which is generally recorded as its extinction date, although scattered individuals may have survived longer on the island. It was first described by Robert Ridgway in 1915, three years after the species approximate extinction.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Culebra Island Parrot (Subspecies Amazona vittata gracilipes) . 2023-05-16 . iNaturalist . en.
  2. Web site: Amazona vittata gracilipes (Culebra Island amazon, Culebran amazon, Culebran parrot, Culebran red-fronted amazon) - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database . 2023-05-16 . recentlyextinctspecies.com.
  3. Web site: Amazona vittata gracilipes Ridgway, 1915 . May 15, 2023 . ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. Web site: Amazona vittata gracilipes Ridgway, 1915 . 2023-05-16 . www.gbif.org . en.

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