Cuban macaw

species of bird

The Cuban macaw or Cuban red macaw (Ara tricolor) was an extinct species of macaw in the genus Ara.

Cuban macaw
Watercolour painting by Jacques Barraband, ca. 1800
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Ara
Species:
A. tricolor
Binomial name
Ara tricolor
(Bechstein, 1811)
Former distribution in Cuba, including Isla de la Juventud[1]
Synonyms
  • Psittacus tricolor Bechstein, 1811
  • Sittace? lichtensteini Wagler, 1856
  • Ara tricolor haitius Hoppe, 1983
  • Ara cubensis Wetherbee, 1985

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2012). "Ara tricolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.