Martinique amazon

Martinique amazon
Somewhat speculative restoration
Extinct
Extinct (1779) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(disputed)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Amazona
Species:
†A. martinicana
Binomial name
†Amazona martinicana
Location of Martinique

The Martinique amazon (Amazona martinicana) is a hypothetical extinct species of Caribbean parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is not known from any material remains, but was said to be similar to the red-necked amazon (A. arausiaca) from Dominica, the next major island to the north of Martinique. Natives are known to have traded extensively in parrots between the Antilles, and it seems that the Martinique population was in some way related to or even descended from A. arausiaca.

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