Culebra Island amazon
Extinct subspecies of parrot
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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 subspecies' approximate extinction.[3][4]
| Culebra Island amazon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Amazona |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | A. v. gracilipes |
| Trinomial name | |
| Amazona vittata gracilipes Ridgway, 1915 | |
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