Glaucous Macaw
Anodorhynchus glaucus(Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
English (US) Glaucous Macaw
The Glaucous Macaw (Anodorhynchus glaucus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittacidae (African and New World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: formerly southern Brazil, southern Paraguay, northeastern Uruguay, and northern Argentina; possibly extinctRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anodorhynchus glaucus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Glaucous Macaw
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Macrocercus glaucus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
- Type locality
- South America between lat. 27° and 30° S. ... on the banks of the Parana and Uruguay Rivers, ex Azara, 1, p. 402.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 2 p.259
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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