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Amazona imperialis (Imperial Parrot; Imperial Amazon)

Synonyms: Amazona imperalis

Wikipedia Abstract

The imperial amazon (Amazona imperialis), also known as the sisserou, is a parrot found only on the Caribbean island of Dominica, specifically within the 90 km2 (35 sq mi) of mountainous rainforest near the Morne Diablotins and the Morne Trois Pitons National Park.
View Wikipedia Record: Amazona imperialis

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Amazona imperialis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
48
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.96447
EDGE Score: 3.86526
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [1]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [1]  50 %
Forages - Canopy [1]  30 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  50 %
Forages - Understory [1]  20 %
Clutch Size [2]  2
Snout to Vent Length [3]  18 inches (45 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Windward Islands moist forests Martinique, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Northern Forest Reserve 21780 Dominica  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Morne Diablotin National Park Dominica A1, A2
Morne Trois Pitons National Park Dominica A1, A2

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Caribbean Islands Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands - British, Virgin Islands - U.S. Yes

Emblem of

Dominica

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Amazona arausiaca (Red-necked Parrot)8
Amazona vittata (Puerto Rican Parrot)1
Ara ararauna (Blue-and-yellow Macaw)1
Corvus leucognaphalus (White-necked Crow)1
Riccordia maugaeus (Puerto Rican Emerald)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 2Imperial Amazon, BirdLife International (1992) Threatened Birds of the Americas. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0