Akwai kuma shaidar cewa jinsin na iya zama a wasu tsibiran da ke kusa, kamar Antigua, Barbuda da Virgin Islands. Bayanai game da lambobin farko na parrot sun bambanta sosai. Wasu hukumomi sun yi iƙirarin cewa akwai mutane fiye da miliyan daya, yayin da wasu ke ba da shawarar yawan mutane fiye da 100,000. A cikin shekaru 150 na farko na mulkin Mutanen Espanya yawan mutane ba su da yawa, kuma a shekara ta 1650, lokacin da yawan mutanen tsibirin ya kasance mutane 880 ne, jinsin ya kasance mai yawa a duk faɗin tsibirin. Bayan 1650, yawan mutanen Puerto Rican ya karu da yawa, kuma a cikin karni na 18 yawancin mutanen Puerto Rican sun karu da yawa. Duk da haka, a cikin shekarun da suka gabata, yawancin waɗannan nau'in sun fara raguwa sosai, kamar yadda masana kimiyyar dabbobi suka lura: A ƙarshen karni na 19 a lokacin da masana kimiyyar ruwa na Jamus suka fara lura da yadda ake gina gonakin shinkafa da shinkafa a tsibirin San Juan Esparra, ba su da wata barazana ga ci gaban noma, kamar yadda aka gani a farkon karni na 19 ba.
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