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

Amazona imperialis is commonly known (its common name) as the Imperial Parrot in English. In French (Français), Amazona imperialis is commonly known as the Amazone Impériale. In Spanish (Español), Amazona imperialis is commonly known as the Amazona Imperial.

Amazona imperialis is classified as endangered 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 imperialis's population trend was increasing at last assessment, meaning its numbers are climbing in the wild.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Amazona imperialis is Richmond, 1899 (IUCN Red List).

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

Dominica (IUCN Red List).

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

Major Habitat(s): 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane (IUCN Red List).

Range: Amazona imperialis is endemic to Dominica, where it occurs in the Morne Diablotin area (primarily on the north-east and south-east slopes³), the central forests near the Carib Territory² and has recently reestablished a small popuulation in the Morne Tres Pitons National Park⁷. It is known to have declined significantly and numbered only 80-100 individuals in 1993. Conservation action increased the population to 150 birds by 2003⁶. (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Amazona imperialis is listed as EN D ver 3.1 (2001) (IUCN Red List).

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

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

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

Red List Rational / Justification : Amazona imperialis is listed by IUCN for the following: Conservation action has slowly begun to improve the status of this bird. Numbers have increased in recent years, but there are still fewer than 250 mature individuals, qualifying the species as Endangered. If the population continues to increase, it will be eventually downlisted to Vulnerable unless there are concomitant decreases in available habitat. (IUCN Red List).

Threats: 1.1.3 (Wikipedia).

Red List History: Amazona imperialis 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 imperialis:

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 Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

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

Scott, P. (ed.) 1965. Section XIII. Preliminary List of Rare Mammals and Birds. In: The Launching of a New Ark, pp. 15–207. First Report of the President and Trustees of the World Wildlife Fund. An International Foundation for saving the world's wildlife and wild places 1961–1964. Collins, London.

(IUCN Red List).

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

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