Cuban Amazon  (Amazona leucocephala)

Facts

Also known as:Bahamas parrot, Caribbean Amazon, Cuban parrot and white-headed Amazon/parrot
Previously known as:Psittacus leucocephalus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Psittaciformes
Family Psittacidae
Genus Amazona (1)
Size Size: 32 cm (2)
Weight 222 – 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).