Amazona barbadensis is a chordate, or more specifically a bird, in the Psittacidae family.

Amazona barbadensis is commonly known (its common name) as the Yellow-Shouldered Amazon in English. In French (Français), Amazona barbadensis is commonly known as the Amazone De La Barbade or Amazone À Épaulettes Jaunes. In Spanish (Español), Amazona barbadensis is commonly known as the Amazona De Espalda Amarilla or Amazona Hombrogualda or Cotorra Cabeciamarilla.

Amazona barbadensis is classified as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Amazona barbadensis's population trend was decreasing at last assessment, meaning its numbers are declining in the wild.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Amazona barbadensis is (Gmelin, 1788) (IUCN Red List).

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Country Distribution: Amazona barbadensis is found in the following countries:

Aruba [RE], Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela (IUCN Red List).

Biome(s)/Ecosystem(s): IUCN lists the following as biomes for Amazona barbadensis: Terrestrial (IUCN Red List).

Major Habitat(s): 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry (IUCN Red List).

Range: Amazona barbadensis has a disjunct range in northern coastal Venezuela (Falcn, Lara, Anzotegui and Sucre) and the islands of Margarita, La Blanquilla and Bonaire (this last in the Netherlands Antilles). It is now extinct on Aruba (to Netherlands). Although never proven to naturally occur on Curaao, a feral population apparently now breeds in suburban areas⁶. The mainland population seems low, while numbers on the islands (1,900 on Margarita and 80-100 on Blanquilla in 1996⁵, 360 on Bonaire in 1999⁶) appear to fluctuate, but have increased on Margarita from 750 birds in 1989⁴. In 1992, 12 captive-reared birds were reintroduced to Margarita, with some success⁴. (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Amazona barbadensis is listed as VU B1ab(i,ii,iii,v) ver 3.1 (2001) (IUCN Red List).

Year Assessed: Amazona barbadensis's status was assessed in 2004 (IUCN Red List).

Assessor: Amazona barbadensis's Red List status was evaluated by BirdLife International (IUCN Red List).

Red List Evaluator: The Red List Evaluator for Amazona barbadensis is listed by IUCN as Capper, D., Wege, D. & Benstead, P. (BirdLife International Red List Authority) (IUCN Red List).

Red List Rational / Justification : Amazona barbadensis is listed by IUCN for the following: This species has a small range within which trade and habitat loss are probably causing some declines. This combination qualifies it as Vulnerable. (IUCN Red List).

Threats: 1.3.1 (Wikipedia).

Red List History: Amazona barbadensis was listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 1988 (IUCN Red List).

Data Sources for IUCN data: The following is a list of citations from the IUCN web site for Amazona barbadensis:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places:
For References from A–L.
For References from M–Z.

BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.

BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.

Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

(IUCN Red List).

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Amazona barbadensis (IUCN Red List).

References: Wikipedia lists the following as references for Amazona barbadensis:
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