Saint Lucia Amazon Parrot

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Saint Lucia Amazon Parrot is native to the island of St. Lucia in the Lesser Antilles where they inhabit the montane forest, tall secondary vegetation, and humid forested slopes.

At this point of time, they are critically endangered due to habitat destruction and illegal trapping for the pet trade. There are now less than 400 birds existing in their natural habitat with a reduced distribution area of 22 square miles. Their average length is about 17 – 17.2 inches (43 cm).

The general plumage is green, with each feather having a blackish edging. The lores (the regions between the eyes and bill on the side of a bird’s head), forehead, and forecrown are violet-blue turning pale blue on the back of the crown. Most parrots of this species have a variable red band to the breast. The breast feathers have a reddish-brown edging.

The edge of the wings, the under wing-coverts, under tail-coverts, and upper tail coverts are yellowish-green. The upper side of the tail-feathers with broad yellowish-green tips; the outer tail-feathers have a reddish base to the inner webs and bluish outer webs. The underside of the tail feathers is pale green. The bill is grey with a horn-colored base to the upper beak. The irises are orange. Their feet are grey. Immatures have brown irises.