Station Facts

• Established: 1990.
• FY00 budget: $1,008,000.
• Number of staff: 13.
  

Fernando Núñez-Garcia
Field Supervisor
Rio Grande Field Office
P.O. Box 1600
Rio Grande, PR 00754

Phone: 787/887-8769
Fax: 787/887-7512
E-mail: FW4_ES_RioGrande@fws.gov

Fact Sheet

Puerto Rican Parrot Information

Station Goals

• Coordinate management and research/recovery efforts for the endangered Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata), one of the 10 most endangered birds in the world and the only native parrot in the U.S. territory.
  
  
• Promote the conservation of habitat for the Puerto Rican parrot, other endangered, native and migratory bird species.
  
  
• Promote international technology interchange to assist other island nations in the Caribbean in the management of their natural resources.

Services Provided to

• Private individuals.
• Federal agencies and local government and non-government organizations.
• Public schools and municipal governments.

• After the devastation of the Puerto Rican parrot by hurricane Hugo in 1989, major tasks included the restoration of nest cavities and field infrastructure in the Caribbean National forests.
  
  
• Coordinated interagency recovery efforts and developed strategies to deal with predators, competitors, nest guarding techniques and survey methodology.
  
  
• Designed and coordinated research projects to develop and refine techniques for the re-introduction of captive-raised parrots into the wild.
  
  
• Promoted international technology interchange with neighboring Caribbean nations including the training of biologists and technicians from different countries and conducting workshops on the techniques used in Puerto Rican parrot recovery.