It is endemic to Saint Lucia in the Lesser Antilles and is the country's national bird.

[6] The Saint Lucia amazon feeds on seeds and fruit of a variety of palms and other plants.

[6] The Saint Lucia amazon's breeding season includes at least February and March and may continue beyond that.

[6] Between 1975 and 2021, the Jersey Zoo maintained a breeding colony of Saint Lucia amazons.

[8] The IUCN originally assessed the Saint Lucia amazon in 1988 as Threatened and since 1994 as Vulnerable.

[1] The population was thought to total about 1000 in 1950 but declined to about 150 by the late 1970s as a result of habitat loss, hunting for food, the pet trade, and hurricanes.