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Black-billed amazon

Amazona agilis

The Black-billed amazon (Amazona agilis) is a bird found in Jamaica. Found in Jamaica. It eats fruit, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific nameAmazona agilis
RegionNorth America
Found inJamaica

🏡 Where the Black-billed amazon lives

Found in Jamaica.

🍽️ What it eats

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.
💡 It weighs about 213 grams. It mostly eats fruit and seeds.

Hear the Black-billed amazon

Recorded by Ross Gallardy (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC308431. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Black-billed amazon

Where does the Black-billed amazon live?

The Black-billed amazon lives in Jamaica. Found in Jamaica.

What does the Black-billed amazon eat?

fruit (about 40%), seeds and nuts (about 30%), leaves and other plant parts (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Black-billed amazon endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.