Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Ara ararauna(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Blue-and-yellow Macaw
The Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) 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: eastern Panama and Colombia eastward to Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, southward to Bolivia and east-central Brazil; formerly occurred in Trinidad (recently reintroduced), Paraguay (where small population persists?, and perhaps northern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ara ararauna
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus Ararauna
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- South America = Pernambuco, ex Marcgrave, Hellniayr, Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Kl. 2, 22, 1906, Abth. 3, p. 577.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.96
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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