Great Green Macaw
Ara ambiguus(Bechstein, JM, 1811)
English (US) Great Green Macaw
The Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Ara ambiguus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Great Green Macaw
- Described by
- (Bechstein, JM, 1811)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Ara ambiguus ambiguus
- Ara ambiguus guayaquilensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus ambiguus
- Described by
- (Bechstein, JM, 1811)
- Type locality
- South America, ex Levaillant, Hist. Nat. Perroquets, 1, p. 15, pi. 6 = northwestern Colombia by designation of Chapman, Am. Mus. Novit., no. 205, 1925, p. 4.
- Original description
- Johann Lathams allgemeine Uebersicht der Vögel aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen versehen 4 1 p.65
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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