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Charming Parrots
By: Iraida Campo | Photos: Vladimir Molina
The erstwhile natives of the Cuban islands called them Caica, but their scientific name is Amazona leucocephala, commonly known as the Cuban parrot.
Their beautiful colors, docility and easy adaptation to captivity, as well as their bewitching way of reproducing the human voice, make Cuban parrots very appealing, but also very vulnerable. They are threatened and listed as a species near extinction, so they are permanently protected on the island.
Despite their vulnerability, all indications are that Cuban parrots will have a long stay in the natural landscape of the largest island of the Caribbean.
Separate paths to the same end
Two women dedicate hours to the care and reproduction in captivity of the Cuban parrot. Elena Ramos, a graduate in biological sciences, uses all the scientific and technical arsenal of a modern laboratory to obtain ...
