Guadeloupe Amazon (Amazona violacea)
Posted on 31 December, 1779 in Extinct
Year Last Seen:
1779
Comments:
This species was known from Guadeloupe, but it has been driven Extinct by hunting. The last records date from 1779.
Habitat:
Nothing is known, but it is likely to have been a forest species.
Causes:
It was heavily hunted, and this presumably caused its extinction.
Distribution:
Amazona violacea, although not known from any specimens, was described in detail from Guadeloupe (to France) by, amongst others, Du Tertre in 1654 and 1667, Labat in 1742, and Brisson in 1760. It was named by Gmelin in 1789. In 1779 it was noted by Buffon to be very rare (Clark 1905), and presumably became extinct soon after.