The Amazona Guildingii








The Amazona Guildingii

The little island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is home to one of the most prestigious, colourful bird that ever lived on the island; the Amazona Guildingii, also known as the St. Vincent parrot. This parrot gained the title as the country's National bird on October 27th 1979 as apart of the country's first independence celebration.
The Nicholas Wildlife Aviary Complex  is the home to this magnificent bird which is located within the Botanical Gardens. This facility enables captive breeding and conservation programs to conserve the St. Vincent parrot.
However, this species of bird are categorized as vulnerable due to excessive habitat loss, being hunted for food and even being captured for cage-birds trades during the early 1980s. When an animal is categorized as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, it means that the animal is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances that threatens its survival and reproduction improves.
Its breeding season begins from January to July and the species usually lay two eggs while successful nesting lasts 3.5 months. There are two variant form of the Amazona Guildingii. They are distinguish from each other through their unique colour, the rarer morph has many green feathers on the back whereas the yellow-brown morph has the rest of the upper parts largely concolorous with the body.
It's diet is restricted to nuts, fruits, flowers, and seeds.
Link for more information on the Amazona Guildingi:
https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/stvpar1/overview

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