Amazona violacea

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	PSITTACIFORMES	PSITTACIDAE

Scientific Name:

Amazona violacea

Species Authority:

(J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Common Name/s:

English

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Guadeloupe Amazon, Guadeloupe Parrot

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

History:

2004	–	Extinct
2000	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct
1988	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Amazona violacea, although not known from any specimens, was described in detail from Guadeloupe (to France) by, amongst others, Du Tertre in 1654 and 1667, Labat in 1742, and Brisson in 1760¹. It was named by Gmelin in 1789¹. In 1779 it was noted by Buffon to be very rare¹, and presumably became extinct soon after.

Range Description:

Amazona violacea, although not known from any specimens, was described in detail from Guadeloupe (to France) by, amongst others, Du Tertre in 1654 and 1667, Labat in 1742, and Brisson in 1760¹. It was named by Gmelin in 1789¹. In 1779 it was noted by Buffon to be very rare¹, and presumably became extinct soon after.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Nothing is known, but it is likely to have been a forest species.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It was heavily hunted, and this presumably caused its extinction.

Major Threat(s):

It was heavily hunted, and this presumably caused its extinction.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Amazona violacea. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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