Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:31 
In cooperation with the government of St Vincent, the Sanctuary maintains a captive breeding population of St Vincent Amazon parrots, one of the rarest parrots on earth with fewer than 600 living in the wild. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Environmental and security threats at a nature sanctuary in Barbados may force rare and endangered species to be moved from there.
Monday, July 21, 2008 at 14:12 
Vincent is the third St. Vincent Amazon Parrot born at the Houston Zoo, the only zoo in the country to house the rare species and the first in the world to hatch the species in captivity. Photo: Chronicle, Kevin Fujii / HC On May 28, a tiny St. Vincent Amazon parrot pushed its way out of an egg at the Houston Zoo.
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 at 1:58 
CAPTIVE St. Vincent Amazon parrots. In the wild, the birds live in tropical mountain forests. Image: J. GILARDI, 1992DNA 'featherprinting' may help scientists to thwart the illegal trade of a threatened species of parrot
Two football-shaped bunches of feathers nap peacefully on a branch inside a low, gray building at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. These St. Vincent Amazon parrots, miles from their natural habitat and oblivious to the plight of their relatives on an island in the Caribbean Sea, live a protected life at the World of Birds exhibit. But private collectors prize such animals each might command over $10,000 helping to create a demand that often outstrips the supply of legally available birds and fuels illegal trafficking. This demand, on top of natural hazards and the St. Vincent Amazon parrot's small range, has put the species at risk for extinction.
