Species profile
Puerto Rican Amazon
Amazona vittata
Quick answer
Psittacus vittatus Boddaert, 1783 MZUT AV 1939; previously mounted; adult female; ‘ Santo Domingo’, but captive; donated by Mrs Bongioanni in April 1822. MZUT AV 9448; previously mounted; unsexed adult; captive; from the Royal Zoological Garden of Torino, in 1879. Remarks. — MZUT AV 1939 cannot be from Santo Domingo (i. e. the Dominican Republic), because A. vittata is confined to Puerto Rico. We have been unable to discover anything about Mrs Bongioanni.
- Scientific name
- Amazona vittata
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Genus
- Amazona
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered
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