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

Amazona collaria is commonly known (its common name) as the Yellow-Billed Parrot in English. In French (Français), Amazona collaria is commonly known as the Amazone De La Jamaïque or Amazone Sasabé. In Spanish (Español), Amazona collaria is commonly known as the Amazona Jamaicana Piquiclara or Loro De Jamaica.

Amazona collaria 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 collaria'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 collaria is (Linnaeus, 1758) (IUCN Red List).

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

Jamaica (IUCN Red List).

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

Major Habitat(s): 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
1.7 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove
1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
11.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
11.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens (IUCN Red List).

Range: Amazona collaria is mainly found in wet areas of Jamaica¹. The largest populations occur from Cockpit Country to Mount Diablo and in the John Crow Mountains³, and it is local in the Blue Mountains¹. It remains fairly common in suitable habitat, but both range and population decreased in the latter part of the 20th century³. Preliminary data suggest that the population in Cockpit Country is not fewer than 5,000 individuals¹. (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

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

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

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

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

Red List Rational / Justification : Amazona collaria is listed by IUCN for the following: This species is Vulnerable because it has a small and fragmented range, with suitable habitat declining in extent, area and quality. Numbers are also declining because of trapping. (IUCN Red List).

Threats: 1.1.1.1 (Wikipedia).

Red List History: Amazona collaria 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 collaria:

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 Red List).

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

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