Black-billed amazon
| Black-billed amazon | |
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| In Cockpit Country, Jamaica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Amazona |
| Species: | A. agilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Amazona agilis (
Linnaeus , 1758) | |
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Psittacus agilis Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The black-billed amazon (Amazona agilis) is a
Amazona parrot at 25 cm (10 in).[2]
Taxonomy
In 1751 the English naturalist
monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[6]
Description
This parrot is smaller than the
feathers of the neck are edged with dusky black. Ear-coverts are blackish and primary coverts are red. Primaries are violet-blue and black, secondaries are blue at the tips, becoming green towards the base. The tail is mostly green and lateral feathers are marked with red, while outer feathers are margined with blue. The feet are greyish-green.[8] Females are similar to males but with some primary coverts green instead of red.[9]
The black-billed amazon's call is bugling while in flight however, while perched it growls and rumbles. Often its calls tend to be sharp and screechy.[9]
Distribution and habitat
The black-billed amazon is endemic to Jamaica. They live in mountainous rainforest, usually limestone rainforest, feeding on fruit, seeds, and nuts, and will take cultivated fruit like mangos, papayas and cucumbers as well as wild fruits.
Threats
The black-billed amazon was once as common as the yellow-billed amazon, but has become much rarer due to deforestation and
pet trade in wild parrots.[10]
References
- . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Black-billed Amazon (Amazona agilis) – BirdLife species factsheet". Birdlife.org. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ^ Edwards, George (1751). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. Vol. Part 4. London: Printed for the author at the College of Physicians. p. 168, Plate 168.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1 (10th ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii. p. 99.
- ^ Lesson, René (1831). Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: F.G. Levrault. p. 189.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Bernal, Frank (1989). Birds of Jamaica. Jamaica: Heinemann Publishers (Caribbean) Ltd. p. 56.
- ^ a b "Black-billed Amazon". World Parrot Trust. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ISBN 978-84-87334-22-1.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amazona agilis.
- Species factsheet – BirdLife International