Although the bird is currently confine to two main areas on the island called El Yunque and Río Abajo, where scientist are making everything they can to restore the Amazona Vittata and increase its population of this endemic parrot, so they can live in the wild and reproduce without any problem, to the point to get least concerned, and they don't have to worry that the parrot will be extinct. The recovery plan has been successful and now there are much more parrots than before, but it continues to be listed in a critically endangered status in IUCN.
With this plan, scientist release a tiny group of birds that have been prepared to be reintroduced to wildlife mostly 9 parrots are release when they are ready, most of them are between 3-4 years old and are capable of sexual maturity. Thanks to this, people from Río Abajo and El Yunque are doing their best to restore the endemic species. The recovery plan is being successful since 2019 and in the locations the birds are confine, they are building new settlements for more cage specially for hurricane season, the birds will be in a room with different types of cages, ones for the ones that mates, others in a breeding cage and the baby and youngest one in separate cages to avoid any type of fight. With this done, everything feels more secure and the restoration will continue.
The Puerto Rican is listed as “Critically Endangered” with IUCN.
The DNER or in Spanish DNRA listed the Puerto Rican Parrot as “Critically Endangered” species and also have Partnership with U.S. Forest and U.S. Fish and Wildlife to restore the bird species. They are making a reintroduction of the bird to the island.
Conservation Efforts:
Read full recovery plan for the Puerto Rican Parrot here to get informed by the USFWS.
The U.S. Forest Service have a partnership with the Government of Puerto Rico to help the reintroduction of Parrots to the forest and make it safer for this endemic species.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is also helping the DNER (DNRA) of Puerto Rico to restore the species that is currently in critically endangered.