Puerto Rican Amazon (Amazona vittata)
About the Puerto Rican Amazon
The Puerto Rican amazon (Amazona vittata), also known as the Puerto Rican parrot (Spanish: cotorra puertorriqueña) or iguaca (Taíno), is the only extant parrot endemic to Puerto Rico. Measuring 28–30 cm (11.0–11.8 in), the bird is a predominantly green parrot with a red forehead and white rings around the eyes. Belonging to the Neotropical genus Amazona, its closest relatives are believed to be the Cuban amazon (Amazona leucocephala) and the Hispaniolan amazon (Amazona ventralis).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 18 recordings for this species: 14 CC BY-NC-SA · 4 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Puerto Rico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Lilac-crowned AmazonAmazona finschirecording
- Orange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonicarecording
- Scaly-naped AmazonAmazona mercenariusrecording
- Southern Mealy AmazonAmazona farinosarecording
- St. Lucia AmazonAmazona versicolorrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.