Not extinct

A large flightless forest-dwelling parrot, with a pale owl-like face. Kakapo are moss green mottled with yellow and black above, and similar but more yellow below. The bill is grey, and the legs and feet grey with pale soles.

Unlike many other land birds, the kakapo can accumulate large amounts of body fat. The upper parts of the kakapo have yellowish moss-green feathers barred or mottled with black or dark brownish grey, blending well with native vegetation.

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Conservation status There are fewer than 150 left.

Vitapol Economic Food for budgies is one of the most popular choices when it comes to parrot food. It is a healthy mixture of seeds that have been mixed keeping in mind the nutritional needs of budgies. The mix primarily contains sunflower seeds giving the essential oils to your little parrots.

How many Puerto Rican Parrots are left in the wild? The current estimated wild population is 34-40 parrots.

Critically Endangered (Population increasing)

Like almost all amazons, the Puerto Rican amazon is a herbivore. Its diet consists of flowers, fruits, leaves, bark and nectar obtained from the forest’s canopy. The species has been recorded to consume more than 60 different materials, although its diet was historically more varied due to its larger range.

Here’s a guide to some of the incredible animals and plant-life you might see on your next visit.

• Iguanas.
• Flamboyant trees.
• Puerto Rican hibiscus.
• Puerto Rican parrot.
• Beehive ginger.
• Avocado trees.
• Rhesus macaques monkeys.
• Coquís.

Puerto Rican amazons have many predators, including the introduced species – the brown and the roof rats that have reduced their population significantly, as also, the red-tail hawks. Their eggs and chicks are also hunted by pearly-eyed thrashers and warble fly larvae (that infest the nests).