
BIR037-00170
Imperial parrot (Amazona imperialis) at the Rare Species Conservatory Foundation. This is one of just two imperial parrots in captivity, and the only one captive in the U.S. This bird is endangered, with just 350-450 birds in the wild on the island of Dominica in the eastern Caribbean. This bird was hand raised.
Keywords
- Amazona imperialis
- bird
- black background
- captivity
- Close-up
- endangered
- federally endangered
- head and shoulders
- imperial parrot
- parrot
- Photo Ark
- rare
- Rare Species Conservatory Foundation
- side view
- studio shot
This photo © Joel Sartore 2022. Image usage guidelines

This photo is part of the Photo Ark.