Cuban Amazon  (Amazona leucocephala)

Facts

Also known as: white-headed Amazon/parrot, Bahamas parrot, Cuban parrot, Caribbean Amazon
Previously known as: Psittacus leucocephalus
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPsittaciformes
FamilyPsittacidae
GenusAmazona (1)
SizeSize: 32 cm (2)
Weight222 – 232 g (2)

Status

Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix I of CITES (3). Four subspecies are currently recognised: A. l. leucocephala, A. l. bahamensis, A. l. caymanensis and A. l. hesterna (2).

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