FWS Lists Yellow-Billed Parrot as Threatened, Corrects Cockatoo Rule

The Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a final rule to list as threatened the yellow-billed parrot (Amazona collaria) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. The yellow-billed parrot final rule applies to all commercial and noncommercial international shipments of live and dead yellow-billed parrots and parts and products, including the import and export of personal pets and research samples. The species is only found in Jamaica and is one of only two Amazona species endemic to the country. The final rule will be effective April 11. The notice also clarifies the specific acts of interstate commerce allowed without a threatened species permit for salmon-crested cockatoos.