Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 17:41 
Puerto Rican parrots to be reintroduced to third area. Image by U.S. Department of AgricultureThe Maricao State Forest in western Puerto Rico has been selected as the site for a third colony in the wild of Puerto Rican parrots on the island, the aim of which is to foster their reproduction and get them off the endangered species list, officials said Thursday.
Thursday, August 15, 2013 at 14:47 
Puerto Rican Parrot eating a fruit. Image by Danna Liurova, USFWS YAPRIO ABAJO NATURE PRESERVE, Puerto Rico (AP) One of the world's most endangered bird species has made a major comeback in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 6:22 
Puerto Rican parrots at Rio Abajo (photo by Brendan Borrell)Last Friday, David Logue, an old friend and biologist from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez took me out to see the island’s imperiled parrots and explain how deciphering their duets could improve efforts to save them.
Friday, January 25, 2013 at 3:01 
Endangered Puerto Rican parrot. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS
At least three captive raised Puerto Rican Parrots reintroduced in the Rio Abajo Forest flew east and are commingling with a flock of about 150 Orange-winged parrots (Amazona amazonica) in Morovis, Vega Baja and Manatí. The birds have been observed using mostly the karst region in these three municipalities.
Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 1:49 
The critically endangered Puerto Rican Parrot (Amazona vittata) is the only surviving parrot species native to the United States. (Credit: Image courtesy of BioMed Central Limited)The critically endangered Puerto Rican Parrot (Amazona vittata) is the only surviving parrot species native to the United States. A genomic sequencing project, funded by community donations, has published September 28, in BioMed Central and BGI's open access journal GigaScience, the first sequence of A. vittata, the first of the large Neotropical Amazona birds to be studied at the genomic level.
Amazona vittata - Puerto Rican Amazon | in Research 
