Amazona agilis

(Linnaeus, 1758) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Psittaciformes/Psittacidae/Amazona

At a glance

Occurrence records2 120

Data sources8

Biological traits27

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Amazona agilis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 120 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources27 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 120 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The black-billed amazon (Amazona agilis) is a parrot endemic to Jamaica. Sometimes called the black-billed parrot, this amazon parrot is mostly green with small patches of red on the wing and sometimes flecked on the head. Its bill makes it easy to separate from most other amazons, including the yellow-billed amazon, which also lives in Jamaica. It is the smallest Amazona parrot at 25 cm.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth23.3 mm

Beak length (culmen)29.2 mm

Beak length (nares)23.2 mm

Beak width14.6 mm

Body mass212 g

Body mass (male)212 g

Hand-wing index32.5

Kipp's distance52 mm

SVL26 cm

Secondary length108 mm

Tail length78 mm

Tarsus length19.5 mm

Wing length160 mm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Litter size2.9

Diet & foraging9

Canopy20 %

Fruit40 %

Ground20 %

Midhigh40 %

Plant other30 %

Seed30 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Understory20 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size2 594 km²

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Amazona agilis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-3P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 120 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 103

Museum / vouchered17

Origin

Native16

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO676 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy30% within 1 km

≤100 m 13≤10 km 3>10 km 28

44 georeferenced · 2 059 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 103

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 9

9 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence17

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	9
Washington, US	7
Philadelphia, US	1

3 institutions · 17 of 17 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Amazona agilis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Amazona agilis

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction1

Diet & foraging9

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type2 120 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions3 of 3 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type2 120 records