Culebra Island amazon
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.[2] It was first described by Robert Ridgway in 1915, three years after the species approximate extinction.[3][4]
| Culebra Island amazon | |
|---|---|
Extinct | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Amazona |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | †A. v. gracilipes |
| Trinomial name | |
| †Amazona vittata gracilipes Ridgway, 1915 | |
References
- "Culebra Island Parrot (Subspecies Amazona vittata gracilipes)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- "Amazona vittata gracilipes (Culebra Island amazon, Culebran amazon, Culebran parrot, Culebran red-fronted amazon) - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database". recentlyextinctspecies.com. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- "Amazona vittata gracilipes Ridgway, 1915". ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- "Amazona vittata gracilipes Ridgway, 1915". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
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