How many species of Amazon Parrot are there?

The most recent Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist specifies 36 species of Amazon parrots in the genus Amazona. 34 are alive, 2 are extinct.

What is the rarest Amazon parrot?

The rarest Amazon parrots are those that are listed as Critically Endangered and Endangered in the wild. Urgent conservation is needed to save these rare Amazon Parrots in their native habitat where they belong. The rarest endangered Amazon parrots are the Imperial Amazon, Vinaceous-breasted Amazon, Black-billed Amazon, Puerto Rican Amazon, Lilac-crowned Amazon, Lilacine Amazon, Red-crowned Amazon, Yellow-headed Amazon, and Yellow-naped Amazon.

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How Many Types of Amazon Parrots Are There?

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There are 36 species of Amazon parrots. 34 are alive today, and 2 are extinct. Want to know how many species of Amazon parrot there are? Let’s define what an Amazon parrot is first. The genus Amazona is where all the parrots we call Amazons are placed in taxanomic terms. This means all the Amazon…

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