Culebra Island amazon
| Culebra Island amazon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Amazona |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | A. v. gracilipes
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| Trinomial name | |
| Amazona vittata gracilipes Ridgway, 1915
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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]
References[edit]
- ^ "Culebra Island Parrot (Subspecies Amazona vittata gracilipes)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ a b "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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